2024 Garden Summary
Well we started the year with the mother of all ice storms in January - yikes! It’s a good thing I dig up my dahlia bulbs each fall, because I don’t think they would have made it. The moss on our stone work really exploded this winter! Funny enough, after all the bunny sightings last year, I didn’t see a single bunny this year in our garden.
It was a fairly warm spring and the mild summer made for a super successful year for our apple trees and veggies. Our mason bees emerged mid-March, and we discovered dragonfly nymphs in our pond after it was installed just last summer. I even got photos of some of the first dragonfly species to emerge from our ponds! We added 5 more rose varieties this spring and expanded our rose garden.
With the passing of another year in our garden, we implemented a few more ‘edits’... namely adding a few gravel pathways to help navigate the garden, relocating a couple raised beds, and replacing a few remaining ornamental shrubs with native plants.
It was a great year and I can’t wait for next season!
Tomatoes
This year's varieties:
Kellogg’s Breakfast - I ** new this year!
Indigo Cherry Drops - I ** new this year!
Oregon Cherry (OSU) - D
Costoluto Fiorentino - I - H
Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye - I
Buffalosun - I
Ananas Noire - I
Making Salsa…
Feb 20 - after first op-potting of seedlings
Costoluto Fiorentino
I used many of my tomatos to can some tasty bruschetta in a jar
Indigo Cherry Drops
This Pink Berkley Tie-Dye tomato was bigger than my hand and weighed over 1.5 lbs on its own!
Gallery
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