Showing posts with label broccoli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label broccoli. Show all posts

Sunday, May 31, 2015

DIDN'T MEAN TO KEEP YOU WAITING BUT

Yesterday's workout at Iron Body Studios was a scorcher.  Burned my ass but felt great.  I then when to Wilson's Farm in Lexington.  Later I did a little gardening.  Then I crashed.  The ultimate in tired.  Sleep is important for recovery so it was an early to bed Saturday night.

So back to this...


It is the first bud on one of my grape plants.  The other grape plant also has a bud but it is too small to photograph.  I have wanted to grow grapes forever and, last year when I saw my sister's grape vine with grapes, I knew this was the year. 

I am beyond excited.  I wasn't sure this dormant grape plant would come alive.  I ordered them online and when they arrived I didn't read all the instructions.  I stopped at keep in a cool, dry space.  Actually, the roots are suppose to be kept wet...hmmmm.  Fail or so I thought.

My sister had this big, beautiful grape vine.  Mine won't be as big.  I am attempting a smaller trellis.  We shall see. 


And did you know...you can use the young, tender grape leaves to make stuffed grapes leaves.  Nope, neither did I until my friend Kat told me that is what she did with hers.  My future may hold wine and stuffed grape leaves in a couple years.

More planting has been done and I love sharing photos...

Tomatoes (Right now we have 22 tomato plants in the ground.  There are many different varieties many which are Romas for sauce.)
 

in the raised bed.


in a pot

 
Broccoli


Spinach

Eggplant, a variety of peppers, spaghetti squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, potatoes, sweet potatoes and butternut squash has also been planted.  The asparagus from two years ago is flourishing. 

These guys are waiting to be planted...



Even with a small space you can grow a large variety of vegetables.  Its healthy and you know where your food is grown!

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Broccoli and Snatching

Tis the season to garden...it is not too cold to plant broccoli.  Actually, I could have planted it a bit earlier.  It is in the ground now and before you know it I will have more broccoli than I know what to do with...




One of the best ways to eat healthy is to plant your own food.  You know where it comes from and you know what's been done to it.  It is as fresh as it gets.  Start small and then the sky is the limit.   

New addition to my garden this year will be container corn.  We shall see how that works.  I have done corn in the past several times but it is not my favorite.  It takes up a lot of space and the squirrels seem to know when it is done before I do.
 
Some good growing ideas to check out.
 
 
http://happymoneysaver.com/thrifty-tip-regrow-food-from-scraps/#_a5y_p=1666014



http://outlawgarden.com/2012/04/25/grow-your-own-sweet-potatoes/


http://outlawgarden.com/2012/04/25/grow-your-own-sweet-potatoes/

SNATCHING!  Ya have to KB snatch if you want to get certified...

Janice had asked what a snatch was...my photo from yesterday was a barbell snatch.  First, here is a video of Artemis at Iron Body Studios doing a chain of swings, high pulls and lastly a snatch. 



Next up is a barbell snatch...Tamara Reynolds at Asheville Strength


Friday, August 8, 2014

HOT FUN IN THE SUMMER TIME

Well not really.  The title is deceiving.  I much prefer this

to this



Tonight, as I was eating another dinner of tomatoes from the garden I realized how much I love picking my dinner from the garden.  Not only is it fresh and delicious but a garden makes healthy eating much easier when you can go outside and pick tomatoes

peppers
eggplant

and some beautiful broccoli shown with the pickings of the morning


So although I am looking forward to snow and winter and football, I will miss fresh produce. 

And not everyone has space or the desire to garden.  A great alternative is visiting a Farmer's Market or joining a CSA.  I want local farming to grow and thrive...local just tastes better and I know
 where my food originated.  Check out the link for a great article on Farmer's Markets and CSAs.

http://pendexter.blogspot.com/2014/08/hot-fun-in-smmer-time.html

Great article!