Vegetables
Fall harvest
Posted in Vegetables on November 8th, 2011 by rmd – Be the first to comment(To the tune of Frere Jacques)
Watermelon, watermelon
See it drip, see it drip
Up and down your elbows, up and down your elbows
Spit the pits, spit the pits
We also grew a cantaloupe (or as the Aussies say, a rock melon) that produced really well. We had almost 2 dozen melons ripening all at the same time. We couldn’t keep up with them. Luckily the chickens love buggy melon.
Maiz
Posted in H. sapiens var. Peter, Vegetables on November 6th, 2011 by rmd – Be the first to commentSimon’s first rainbow (and lightening and thunder and Rain!)
Posted in H. sapiens var. Peter, H. sapiens var. Simon, Vegetables on September 6th, 2011 by rmd – Be the first to commentPeter and Simon were watering the front yard cornfield Saturday evening when they spotted a rainbow.
It’s always hard to capture such a phenomena with a camera. It was very bright, arced over the hill up the street and even was a double for a moment. But no one cried.
I don’t think Simon could see the rainbow. He seemed more interested in the spectacular sunset out back — the dark shapes of the trees, utility poles and buildings against the bright sky.
Then the sky turned ominous red and thunder rolled. We saw a couple bolts of lightning over Highland Park. Later during a late night feeding session, I heard rain falling. It was just a few drops. That’s something we get excited about here in Southern California. Usually we don’t get a drop from May to October so I thought Simon would have to wait until Fall to learn about precipitation. Poor kid.
I miss summer thunderstorms on the East Coast. Poor me!
Best home-grown baby present
Posted in H. sapiens var. Simon, Vegetables on September 1st, 2011 by rmd – Be the first to commentSimon has received some exquisite hand-knit gifts, a hand-assembled straw star sculpture and lots of other adorable presents.
But this one, from Peter’s friend in Colorado, stands alone. Maybe Nate was just showing off his alliums, but it came all the way from Boulder in a box addressed to Simon Oscar Stemwedel.
Today at the Market
Posted in Cuisine, Market, Vegetables on August 31st, 2011 by Peter – 2 CommentsMore Visitors
Posted in Family, H. sapiens var. Simon, Vegetables on August 26th, 2011 by Peter – 1 CommentLook What Came Out of the Garden
Posted in Vegetables on August 26th, 2011 by Peter – Be the first to commentIt’s purlple. We got okra.