Garden Update for May.

                       Swiss chard

                      Bell peppers 

       Fresh baked bread from a friend.

                Loads of Lemon Balm

              Drying my Lemon balm

            Fig tree starting to bare fruit.

        Pigs on a friends farm we visited.

                      More pigs...

               Heirloom tomatoes 

                      Rosemary 

        Fresh picked lemon balm again.

   Ladybug having a nice lunch of aphids.

            Corn, one of my favorites.

     Ingredients for my spaghetti sauce.

          Another view of my fig tree.

                      

  Gardenias in full bloom,they smell great.

                   Heirloom Squash 

    Hearty Spring soup, before the salad.

    Heirloom squash earlier in the season.

Garden Update

 Your Organic garden doesn't have to look or be perfect. Sometimes you'll have bug bites on your leaves, but when you garden organically and build upon the Eco system that probably already exists in and around your garden,your garden will fare better in general. Adding herbs,and planting perennial flowers that draw benifical insects and pollinators will help your Garden flourish. And don't forget to plant cover crops to help nourish and maintain your soil to keep it healthy and to stop soil erosion. Keep it simple.

 Lemon Balm

  Tomatoes

 Corn, Tomatoes, Squash and Okra.

 Swiss Chard 

 Squash!!

 

 Gardenia helps with the Squash pollination, and they smell great too.