Saturday on the Farm

The Day Lillies are still blooming in the Bible Garden. A Bible Garden is a garden with plants that grow in Israel or that are mentioned in the Bible. Some plants are grown for their names, also, like Lambs Ear. There are a couple of books about Bible Gardens, too. It’s a fun garden to have.

The first rose of the year is also in the Bible Garden.

Along with the Lambs Ear.

Onto the food side of gardening……..The Raspberries are plentiful this spring, and are starting to turn red!

The Blackberries are also numerous, and are starting to fill out. They are not as far along as the Raspberries, though.

The Red Bud trees have their pods now. I learned these are edible, as the Red Bud Tree is in the pea family. You can cook and eat these pods just like peas. While I ate the flowers off the Red Bud, and even made Red Bud Jelly, I just haven’t talked myself into trying the pods yet. I don’t know why I’m hesitating. I’ll have to talk myself into it shortly, as the pods are  better when  younger. Have you ever eaten any part of the Red Bud Tree?

I had a lot of Spinach plants up. They were also getting to tall to keep the netting on them. So I took it off. That lasted a couple of days before something got into them and demolished them. There are only a couple of plants left. 🙁 Guess I need to replant. sigh.

I had Lettuce almost ready to eat on the left hand side of the same bed as the Spinach. Yep, they got the lettuce, too. I have a couple of plants left that you can see on the right side of this picture. Time to replant the Lettuce, too. sigh.

We think it was the little kittens scratching around in the soil. Oh well, it’s not the first time the animals have gotten into my vegetables and I’m sure it won’t be the last!

 

Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:

Dandelions
Best Chicken Tips
How to Make Marshmallows from Marshmallow Plant Root
Add Tea Bags to the Bottom of Planters to Feed Plants
Growing Plants from Your Groceries -Ginger and Pineapple

Organic Liquid Fertilizers
Sage Remedies
Garden Markers
How I Built a Baby Greenhouse
How to Start a Medicinal Herb Garden

For more Farm & Garden posts, please visit:

Homestead Barn Hop
Bloomin’ Tuesday
Fertilizer Friday/ Flaunt Your Flowers