Blackberries in the Garden

Being in California I never thought I could grow blackberries, but I was wrong! I came so close to ripping this out because it went a couple of years without producing anything and I ordered a thornless but this one has thorns. I’m so glad I wanted! Now it is producing delicious fruit.
Garden blackberries

Purple Artichokes

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

Cauliflower

close-up of a cauliflower budding in my vegetable gardenThis 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.

Lovely Bread

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!

Fresh figs from my volunteer tree

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.

My Volunteer is a Pumpkin

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. :)

Pomegranate Flower

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.