What did you eat from the garden today?

[CrealCritter]

Picked the last of the butternut squash after squash bugs set in and killed the plants. I guess our yard hussies (chickens) couldn't keep the squash bugs under control. We have away a lot and eat a lot also. This is what's left after butternut squash burnout. Got some baby ones that are the right size for grand kids 😍

Dirty side up to air dry 😜

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[CrealCritter]

Those look great. My butternut plants didnt come up.

I was late planting squash but have more time for them to grow still. The pie pumpkins are turning color and I'll be able to pick them soon as well as the hubbard type squash. The buttercups didn't do as well but there are some under all those leaves.

The carving pumpkins have almost doubled in size in the last week. I can't remember if it was a white or grey. They are still yellow. I can't remember the variety, just wanted something different and the chickens will eat them this winter.

Im still picking zucchini and cucumbers. Corn is almost ready. I ran a line about 4 feet out from the fence and stopped the deer from eating at those.

I honestly thought it at least if felt to me like I sowed the seeds late myself. But I must not have. they came up along with summer squash and zucchini. Now my acorn squash came up and had tiny squash on the vines then came the squash bugs and that put an end to that. I didn't spray anything on the garden this year. Nor do any soil admendments, I didn't even water it and still had a good garden. Deer kept eating my sweet corn down to the dirt, rabbits and chickens and wild birds, mainly quail and doves had their way with the tomatoes. Nothing touched the bell peppers or onions.

I'm fixing some of that this weekend putting up a fence around the garden and I'll also add a couple of runs of electric wire around the top. This year was new garden, so I mainly just wanted to see if the ground in the old cow pasture was fertile or not, it is fertile 👍

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

 

[BarredBuff]

Fresh blueberries as a snack!

 

[Britesea]

a salad of baby swiss chard with our baked chicken

 

[sumi]

Those look and sound nice, FEM.

I had another ripe strawberry today and DS picked one as well. I need to go have a look at the peas and see how they are getting on, they must be getting ready for first pickings now.

 

[BarredBuff]

Munched on some fresh blackberries and blueberries today, and should have fresh cucumbers in the morning...

 

[BarredBuff]

Fresh cucumbers and herbs today. Very tasty!

 

[Beekissed]

Raspberries, sugar snap peas, green onions, pak choi. All going int their respective salads.

 

[Mini Horses]

could have eaten the omelette this AM...if you had it here.

Blueberries.....at another farm I had some bushes and excitedly watched the berries form and begin to turn. I didn't get the ripened ones but found my hens were!

I planted my three new apple trees inside the chicken area. it's fenced, about 3/4 acre and they also leave it to free range the goat pastures. Wanted to protect the trees and I rarely have a deer in that area near house/barns. (Semi dwarf trees) Then I thought about actually using that area as a tiny orchard, until I realized how well the chickens loved fruit. I can share but they don't seem to! So, no small shrub types in there.

 

[sumi]

And here it is…

According to the seed packet the fruit are the size of large apples and dark green, so I waited. It's grown much bigger than anticipated already, so I think I may pick it today or tomorrow and eat it.