Over-birdened

The harvest is going well. Our coworkers may be getting sick of squash and cucumbers very soon. The biggest news is that we have been chosen as the 2007 home for a sparrow's nest! I am pretty sure they are not finches. Anyway, they have secretly built a nest within one of the tomato cages. The mother feeds 2 babies and there is 1 unopened egg in the nest. The mother is somewhat tolerant of us getting close to pick basil, but usually she gets spooked and flies to an adjacent fence to spy on us. As long as she doesn't dive-bomb us like the crows at PSU I will be happy.

Back from Vacation

Our vacation to Northern Ontario was very relaxing... except for the frequent concerns about the weather in Boston and the state of our garden. We were unable to find a substitute waterer for the gardens and were forced to do the Rain Dance in Huntsville, ON. Unfortunately, all of the rain fell in ON and the garden was left dry. It turned out ok afterall, the plants are large and could sustain themselves through a semi-drought. Here are some of the first fruits of the garden! The green squash are WAY TOO BIG, they should have been picked a few days ago but we were gone. The larger of the squash is easily over a foot long. We also harvested some turnips, onions and basil. The tomatoes are still 2 to 3 weeks away from being ready.





On a sad note: The LCD screen on our canon sureshot is busted and it is now very difficult to take photos with the tiny viewfinder. We are working on a solution, but please forgive us if the photos seem a little off for the next few weeks. I'll try to take good shots of the garden soon, you will not believe the difference compared to the previous photos. Enjoy!

Garden Guide

We keep posting pictures of the garden as the plants grow, but many of our loyal fans have been asking "which vegetables are growing where?". We are slaves to our fans and now we have a guide for you to use when watching the vegetables grow.


The guide is fairly self-explanatory. For the labels close to the edge the actual plant may be slightly off the edge of the picture, so you will have to trust us. Soon I will post a similar guide for the second garden.

Garden Planted

The garden has been planted and if you look closely at the pictures you will be able to see the beginning of what will be many delicious meals for both us and the rabbits in the garden. In a future post I will photoshop the pics to give you exact locations of vegetables, but for now, just a listing of the goodies we hope to harvest:

Plot A: "big boy" tomatoes, "beefsteak" tomatoes, basil, parsley, butternut squash, yellow squash, zucchinni, cucumber, red cherry tomatoes, orange "sun sweet" cherry tomatoes and marigolds to ward of bugs. The piece of fencing is the old gate to plot A and will be used for bean plant support in the future.

Plot B: cayenne peppers, cubanele peppers, white corn, pumpkins, peas, turnips, spinach, radish, marigolds and hopefully soybeans (the only unplanted crop as of yet). P.S. That is a LEGAL immigrant working the fields.