Like a girl fresh into college, this year we tried a few new things (what a great first line eh?).  One of those new things – eggplant.  When we moved into our first home, there were some already growing, but hell if we knew what to do with them.  So we gave them away, and never really thought of them agian.  Well this year we picked one up that was on “clearance” – it is always funny to talk about plants on “clearance” but still – we think we are saving the lil guys when we pick them up.  Or at least that is what we tell ourselves anyhow.  Any reason to get a new plant eh?

So with eggplant planted – we sat and waited.  And waited.  And so on.

Before long we noticed some purple blooms and hoped our lil bee friends would do their part.

I guess they did, because soon enough – a baby eggplant had started to develop. 

How cool eh?  So with little to no effort – we were eatin’ eggplant parm and lovin’ life. 

We did have a little bit of help though – did consult a few online buds and used a Eggplant Guide the first go ’round.  But who doesn’t need a little help their first time?  “That’s what she said”.  Too easy.

What new things did you try this year in the garden?  We had a few others, beans are going now – and we had very little experience growing beans in the past.  But… that is the glory of gardening – trying new things each year… am I right?

Tags: Container Gardening, Fall Gardening, Food, Gardening, Growing Eggplants, Organic Gardening, Pictures, raised beds by James
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Long time no see…

Let’s just get past it right now, it has been a while – but big damn deal right?  We all get busy, we all have things come up.  We did.

But the garden still grows.  We have mistreated it, yet it still grows.  Especially the peppers, they are going crazy.  We have been picking them pretty much all year, but with lots going on this past month – we saved them all and harvested all at one time.

Here is a picture of our pepper harvest…

No, your not seeing things, and we aren’t crazy – there are a handful of tomatoes in there too.  Over 30 peppers just yesterday, not too bad.  We are starting to cool off lately, and it has done the garden some good.  Seems like it was 100+ for most of the end of June & all of August.  Hopefully we will get a few more months of nice enough weather to pull off some late “Summer” crops.

We did get out this weekend and plant some fall/winter crops… something we haven’t done before.  We are excited to see how it goes.  How does your garden grow?

Tags: Container Gardening, Fall Gardening, Food, Gardening, Gardening Tips, Growing Peppers, Growing Tomatoes, Organic Gardening, Pictures, Recession Gardening by James
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It seems that our garden had a slow start this year, but things are in full bloom and the veggies are starting to show up.  Gardening is said to teach us patience and this year it has done just that.

We bought some cucumber plants from a local store, because the ones that we started burnt up in the hot sun.  [Read more →]

Tags: Container Gardening, Eating At Home, Food, Gardening, Growing Okra, Growing Peppers, HOT AS HELL, Living Green, Organic Gardening, Pictures, West Texas by Shala
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