Cabbage

Some of you may remember my very first post about my vegetable garden. Well since then I have harvested lettuce and broccoli. Last week, we harvested all of our cabbage. It was wonderful. The heat and worms made us decide to take out all of it, even the heads that were not quite as big as we would like.



I think for our first vegetable garden attempt we have really been successful.



The cabbage was the last of our spring veggies. Now we are waiting on tomatoes, squash, bell peppers, and green beans. I never got around to planting any eggplant. Is it too late?



Of course I can't only show you the good parts of my garden. I have to keep it real. Now for a question for the master gardeners out there....do you compost garden waste, till it in, or just dispose of it?

Then and Now

Isn't it funny how time changes things? Last week it was hot and so very dry, but after a day of rain (a little over two inches) everything is green and beautiful again. It made me think about how just a couple of months ago I thought that the winter was going to last forever. I knew it wouldn't, but it just seemed like it would.

I spent some time today looking at some of my late winter posts to see exactly how much things have changed since then. Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while may remember my post about our new vegetable garden. It is hard to believe that we have now harvested some wonderful romaine and broccoli.

Then (early March)


Now (a little overgrown, but producing broccoli)


Then (February, I thought John had ruined my knock out roses.)


Now (His 'tough love' did them a favor)


Then (Our landscaping looked dull and drab.)


Now (It is my favorite place to sit and drink coffee or dine.)


Now (We have baby tomatoes on the vine.)


Now (We have heads of cabbage on our plants.)


One thing in life is certain.....things are always changing!