Cottage Wood Hill

I’ve recently planted some seeds for purple artichokes, and they have spouted. They are still very small put I’m hoping to get some that eventually look like these. Someone told me they get huge so I’m growing them in a pot so I can give them plenty of room. Has anyone ever grown them?
Photo by Andrew Huff

This is my most beautiful vegetable garden creation yet! I started this in my raised bed and I’ve recently put netting over this bed to keep the cabbage butterflies out. So far everything is propering.

Here’s a pic of some freshly baked bread out of the oven. Got the recipe from the New York Times. It’s touted as a no-knead bread…just needs to sit on the counter for many hours. It’s definitely worth the wait!

I’m so excited my volunteer fig tree is producing its first crop. And they are beauties. We also got our first muskmelon today so I’m going to try eating them together…YUM.

What I thought originally was a zucchini plant turned out to be pumpkin. I think at one point I put a whole pumpkin in my compost and after moving the composter to a new location, this is what happened! Okay by me…I was having a hard time deciding what to plant there, so the plant decided for me.

I’ve had my Pomegranate bush/tree for 3 years now and it has yet to produce fruit. It does, however, put out some pretty flowers.