Our green beans are coming on like crazy — hanging in wads. And they need to be picked every two to three days.
In thirty minutes, hubby and I picked this three gallon bucket of beans.
Here they are again, from the top.
We broke and strung beans until our fingers were sore. But it will be well-worth it.
Check it out: our first ripe tomato!
With many more to come.
Our corn stalks are now much taller than me…
…and they’re growing ears!
And last but not least, here are two of our baby cantaloupes…
…and one of our baby watermelons.
On my latest hike, I discovered more funky fungus. I’m calling this stuff Scrambled Egg Fungus:
And the forest is looking summertime gorgeous:
Good news: the official book trailer for my novel Mirror Blue will be available soon from Black Lyon Publishing. Watch this space for updates. And my dear friend Dorothy made a trailer for Mirror Blue which she is featuring in her sidebar. Go check it out.
In other writing news, I’m rocking and rolling on Patchwork Stained Glass, my novel-in-progress. Finished another chapter last night. Yippee!
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Your garden is so amazing! I can almost taste the veggie goodness from here!
Canteloupe, haha. It is such a funny name for a rockmelon. You’ve made me hungry now.
I can smell the tomato-y goodness. And oh, can I please curl up under the corn stalks? It looks like a lovely, soothing place to nap. Gardens have such good energy.
Thanks, Bunnygirl! Had veggies for supper: a stir fry with zucchini, squash, green pepper, red pepper, banana pepper, and onions. Incredibly yummiferous!
LOL, Paul! Cantaloupe is a funny word. And rockmelon. And I believe I’ve heard them called muskmelons? It is a yummy fruit called by many amusing names!
Sure, Leah — come on over and take a nap under the corn stalks. Yes, gardens are so restful and relaxing. Even working hard in a garden is restful and relaxing (and rewarding, oh the alliteration!
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Wow, your garden is certainly bearing some wonderful fruits now. Very impressive. Beautiful picture of the forest too. And many congrats on the continued success of Mirror Blue. How cool that you have already started work on your new novel, so soon after the release of the previous one. Great dedication! Have a good week
Great garden. We have gotten 4 little romas but that is all so far.
Hi, Ailurophile! Thank you so much — we just picked another three-gallon bucket of green beans yesterday. And I cooked a big pot of them the other day. So delicious! Thank you for the congrats. And I’m rolling right along on the novel-in-progress! Feels good. I hope you have a great week, my friend!
Thanks, Debbie! Little roma tomatoes — they’re yummy. We have lots of green tomatoes, but bit by bit they’re starting to ripen.
Just checked out your book trailer – how exciting! And what a beautiful bucket of green beans. Mmm.
Your garden is about a whole month ahead of ours! Our beans are just starting to climb and our corn is about 2-3 feet tall.
Hi, Julia! Wasn’t that sweet of Dorothy to do that for me? She did a beautiful job! And the Mirror Blue trailer from Black Lyon is coming soon, so stay tuned for that, too! It’s superduper.
Hiya, Cory! Scritches to you, sweetie. Good luck with your beans and your corn — we are thoroughly enjoying the green beans, and we can’t wait for those corn ears to develops.
I really like the title ‘patchwork stained glass’. Seems to go well with ‘mirror blue’.
Thanks, Maya! They’re very different stories, but yeah, the titles do go together well as part of my body of work.
Are you canning all those beans? Or selling them? I’d love to eat freash ones everyday- n watermellon too- Glad the garden is going so well with the weird weather n allGreat pics!
Alot pf crops around here are blighted or drowned. The past few days have been good finally, tho. I’m really veggie hungry again! (hickup)You find the most interesting fungi- That looks like what I put on my breakfast bisquits alright!
Your book trailer should help out in periodicals quite a bit- I’d guess.
I’m so jealous of your garden, what an amazing harvest!
And I don’t think I ever saw a baby cantaloupe before! It doesn’t look at all like what i would have expected.
That’s so great that you are growing so much of your own food. Such a great thing to do for both health and ecology.
Wow, congrats on your novel. Wonderful and I wish you all the sucess in the world!
Here is a web site that made me think of my online writing friends…check it out!
hottie alert!!!
http://www.cartenoire.co.uk/pride-and-prejudice
Somebody had an awesome advertising idea!
Okay now I’m hungry!! LOL!
I love, love, LOVE fresh veggies from the garden. Mmmm.
Hi, ST! Well, it’s a family garden, so it’s more than just hubby and me, but all of us are freezing and canning what we don’t eat quickly. We’ll have plenty of good stuff left over for winter! And those blights — a family friend’s garden got a blight and all his green bean plants were ruined. We’ve been very lucky. *knock on wood*.
Thanks, Crabby! Yeah, we’re loving it. Healthy, good for the environment, and so many of our meals are planned around what we’re getting from the garden, so we’re saving a bundle at the grocery store, too!
Hi, Candy! Great to see you again!
Thanks so much for your congratulations. And yeah, COOL site!
*grin*, Amy! Yeah, you just can’t beat fresh, home-grown veggies.
what a wonderful harvest! And another bizarre fungus!
Your garden is bountiful! WOW! It all really looks so yummy! It’s been awhile since I popped over here! Glad to hear things are going well with your current writing project!
Thank you, Crafty Green Poet! We’ve gotten really lucky with our garden.
Thanks, Beth! It’s producing like crazy, and we’re harvesting like crazy. Had home-grown suppers every night this week. Delicious!