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Monday Garden Porn – “Sorry About That” Edition

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Yeah, it’s been a while. I’m taking my giant comprehensive exams in 32 days and have been working a lot, so not so much with the time to blog.

Anyway, here’s some garden porn! Things are growing! Vegetables are being produced! Life is wonderful!

Another eggplant! I've already picked two this season.

Another eggplant! I've already picked two this season. (Click to embiggen.)

The first tomatoes of the harvest! Soon I'll have enough to make fresh salsa! (Click to embiggen.)

The first tomatoes of the harvest! Soon I'll have enough to make fresh salsa! (Click to embiggen.)

The peppers are changing color... soon they'll be ready to pick too. (Click to embiggen.)

The peppers are changing color... soon they'll be ready to pick too. (Click to embiggen.)

I planted these jalapenos almost as an afterthought... and now I'm really glad I did. They look wonderful. (Click to embiggen.)

I planted these jalapenos almost as an afterthought... and now I'm really glad I did. They look wonderful. (Click to embiggen.)

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Monday Garden Porn – Unexpected Edition

Monday, July 6th, 2009

I was going to have some guest garden porn today, as I thought I was flying home to my parents’ house in Michigan this morning to spend a week visiting up there, but when I got to the ticket counter at BWI it turned out that my ticket was in fact for tomorrow. That’s something that would have been good for me to notice before I woke up at 5:45 to go to the airport, but things being what they are, I’m going to make the most of it. Expect some garden porn from my parents’ garden later this week.

The first Anaheim pepper. Thanks to Evelyn for giving me this seedling! (Click to embiggen.)

The first Anaheim pepper. Thanks to Evelyn for giving me this seedling! (Click to embiggen.)

One of my eggplants is starting to come in. Soon I'm going to have to find a good recipe that uses eggplant. Incidentally, baby eggplants look like they come from another planet. (Click to embiggen.)

One of my eggplants is starting to come in. Soon I'm going to have to find a good recipe that uses eggplant. Incidentally, baby eggplants look like they come from another planet. (Click to embiggen.)

The bell peppers are coming in too! I wish I could remember what specific kind they are, but I really can't. (Click to embiggen.)

The bell peppers are coming in too! I wish I could remember what specific kind they are, but I really can't. (Click to embiggen.)

The plum tomatoes are growing. Fresh, garden-picked salsa is only a few weeks away. (Click to embiggen.)

The plum tomatoes are growing. Fresh, garden-picked salsa is only a few weeks away. (Click to embiggen.)

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Belated Monday Garden Porn – First Fruits Edition

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

This week: my first cucumber! The garden is making the transition from a pretty garden to a fruitful one… little cukes coming in all over the place, tomatoes and peppers getting started, and even the beginning of an eggplant! I picked this cucumber today… but I haven’t cut into it yet to see how it tastes.

The first cucumber of the season! (Click to embiggen.)

The first cucumber of the season! (Click to embiggen.)

The first tomatoes are started! Fresh salsa coming soon... (Click to embiggen.)

The first tomatoes are started! Fresh salsa coming soon...

A little pepper... (Click to embiggen.)

A little pepper... (Click to embiggen.)

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Monday Garden Porn

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Sorry I missed a week in there… the cucumbers are coming in! Last week I had about a hundred male flowers and one female one (the females are the ones that actually have the cucumber behind them). Now I’ve got more female flowers growing in and getting fertilized – in a few weeks, I’ll have full-grown cukes!

Tomato flowers. (Click to embiggen.)

Tomato flowers. (Click to embiggen.)

My first cucumber! (Click to embiggen.)

My first cucumber! (Click to embiggen.)

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Belated Monday Garden Porn

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Sorry about the delayed garden porn… my friend Nirvana is in town from LA and we’ve been seeing the sights. This week’s garden porn: the cucumbers are blossoming all over the place! Also, the sweet peppers seem to have re-blossomed… which maybe means they’ll do a little growing for once?

Cucumber blossoms! (click to embiggen to wallpaper-size image)

Cucumber blossoms! (click to embiggen to wallpaper-size image)

Pepper Blossom (click to embiggen to wallpaper-size image)

Pepper Blossom (click to embiggen to wallpaper-size image)

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Monday Garden Porn: Blossoming Cucumbers

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Today’s garden porn: A beautiful, breezy, sunny early-summer day, and my cucumbers are in bloom! The yellow flowers are stunning – and they also mean that fruit’s just around the corner.

Cucumber Blossom - click to embiggen

Cucumber Blossom - click to embiggen

Cucumber Blossom - click to embiggen

Cucumber Blossom - click to embiggen

I also cut some romaine and arugula the other day… they’re delicious. Nothing quite like home-grown veggies…

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