Hey guys! What a beautiful, amazing spring we are having here in the Rogue Valley! Today was the warmest day we’ve had yet and it was gorgeous as can be. The dandelions have been up for a few weeks now and today the bugs and bees were in full swing. Yay, bees! More dandelion posts to come, with hopefully some dandelion wine in our near future!
Do you see the bee? Such a great sight! Let’s see, what else is new? Oh yeah, this past week I got my Thrive Market order! We’re mainly using Thrive to supplement our food storage, because their prices are really good for high quality, organic and non-gmo dry goods. Here’s our haul:
I am really impressed with everything I got! It was all packed well and came in a timely manner. What a cool company! Right now they are giving 15% off your first order and free shipping with orders ever $49, so you should check out Thrive Market as soon as you can!
Joel found a nice metal bowl at the local goodwill that he decided to turn into a mini pond in our raised beds for the lizards and frogs in the neighborhood. I think this big lizard likes it!
Found a big patch of miner’s lettuce right on our property. Score!!!
When we were out checking out some properties for sale in the Applegate Valley we came across these Shooting Star flowers! My favorite! Finding Sierra Shooting Stars in the Yosemite high country was always an extra special treat and this brought me back to those days.
When I was out on one of my runs this past week I saw my first Yarrow flower of the season! I’ve seen the greenery for the past few weeks sprouting up here and there, but had to stop and snap a shot of this cute little flower.
And, look! I also found some baby Mugwort when I was on my run! I get so distracted by plants when I run that it tends to take me forever to finish, but this baby Mugwort was so cute that I had to stop for a minute! Don’t worry, if you don’t know what Mugwort is I will be doing a post on it in the coming months. It’s such a cool plant!
And now, here is the exciting news of the day! Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has been so kind to offer a Home Gardener’s Seed Collection for giveaway! This includes 20 seed packs, a garden planner and a cool burlap bag to keep everything in. Enter to win now!!! Giveaway is over.
Greens
My favorite homegrown veggie is Kohlrabi! This year I am going to try cukamelon (mouse melon). So excited!
Next to purple hull peas, I have to say tomatoes.
I have to say I love any homegrown fruit/veggies but really love fresh cucs, especially lemon cucs mmmmmmmm
zucchini. One summer when I was a kid, I ate zucchini for lunch every single day (my dad grew wonderful zuccinis – organically too!)
Tomatoes. No, cucumbers. No, wait…peas! Ugh, so hard to pick. Let’s go with tomatoes.
Oh this is a hard one to answer. But I think that tomatoes win for me. Hard to beat the flavor of popping a cherry tomato off the vine and into your mouth.
Cucumbers! I eat between 5-6 full size cucumbers a day…nothing compares to a garden cucumber!
i love to grow green beans, so easy.
I’d have to say Tomatoes but celery takes a close second.
Love heirloom, open pollinated seeds and could really use a few more varieties! Thanks!!
tomatoes! salsa galore :)
We love tomatoes… pull them right off the vine and eat them. YUMMY
My whole family loves tomatoes. Our kids will eat them while playing on the trampoline!
Homegrown tomatoes are my favorite
Homegrown green beans are the best!
I love Corn!
This would be great, my 9 year old daughter and I grow a garden every year. The last couple years we have grown extra plants and southern out in front of our house for FREE to passersby. Would love to do that with some of yours.
Hard to choose between tomatoes and cucumbers, but Im gonna have to go with tomatoes!
I love lettuce
Tomato
All of them! That’s why I grow them!
Carrots! Love fresh carrots from the garden
Tomatoes are the best!
Tomatoes!!!
This year I am really looking forward to taking a bite of fresh kohlrabi. Yum, I can’t wait!
Homegrown heirloom tomatoes are the best!!!
You just cannot beat homegrown tomatoes.
There is nothing like a sun-ripened heirloom tomato.
I love growing tomatoes, nothing compares to a fresh tomato straight from the vine!