tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post6503736074807502860..comments2024-03-21T23:14:27.787+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: Garden resurrectionGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-55944995540848784082011-08-17T14:05:54.614+01:002011-08-17T14:05:54.614+01:00do you make a green hummus of the broadbeans? i le...do you make a green hummus of the broadbeans? i learned one from the river cottage programs and it's practically all we eat at the moment. this was a great peek at your little garden - what an awesome job you've done of packing all sorts of things in!! and that reminds me, i really should go weed...julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-12719114286910027492011-08-07T09:17:35.965+01:002011-08-07T09:17:35.965+01:00looks lovely Gretel!looks lovely Gretel!Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303476805748959601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-85458480535068498912011-08-05T10:30:56.308+01:002011-08-05T10:30:56.308+01:00Oh well done, Gretel! It's looking (and probab...Oh well done, Gretel! It's looking (and probably tasting) wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-33755342463062864322011-07-26T13:27:16.217+01:002011-07-26T13:27:16.217+01:00I rejoice with you over the abundance that is back...I rejoice with you over the abundance that is back in your garden! Hard work, but what rewards! <br /><br />My father used to stalk up most everything - eggplants, tomatoes, you name it - to get the most out of his tiny greenhouse and his vegetable plot. <br /><br />Warm hugs from V.,<br />MerisiMerisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-62464204939710024692011-07-25T18:03:38.493+01:002011-07-25T18:03:38.493+01:00What an amazing amount of veggies - and the higgle...What an amazing amount of veggies - and the higgledy-piggledy look just adds charm!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-51428643456578697072011-07-25T15:35:33.590+01:002011-07-25T15:35:33.590+01:00It's amazing what a lot of hardwork and love c...It's amazing what a lot of hardwork and love can do...compete a wonderful treasure.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01687880147854083197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-39731978840589216312011-07-24T14:42:35.465+01:002011-07-24T14:42:35.465+01:00Lovely series of shots, nice to see everything doi...Lovely series of shots, nice to see everything doing so well. A true 'potager'.Lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-66769810159215515432011-07-24T10:03:49.682+01:002011-07-24T10:03:49.682+01:00You can't beat your own homegrown veg! Mmmmm!You can't beat your own homegrown veg! Mmmmm!Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03360935312989969677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-65724163997974680562011-07-23T18:56:30.876+01:002011-07-23T18:56:30.876+01:00Isn't it lovely harvesting your own veg, you h...Isn't it lovely harvesting your own veg, you have got loads going on there! One day I will find time to grow more, we've got plums all nearly ready for picking soon, I feel a plum crumble coming on :) Love your cupcake banner by the way! Catherine xBumpkin Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06500642599472040497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-85019372424251783072011-07-22T15:58:20.440+01:002011-07-22T15:58:20.440+01:00Wow! your garden area is huge! and full of goodi...Wow! your garden area is huge! and full of goodies! .... I didn't even plant a tomato this year....and I love a home grown tomato fresh off the vine. <br />Mostly my yard is grass and flowers...but, I'm thinking of fencing in the back portion and then....could get busy with some veggies...BumbleVeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272892605379537233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-16025520455171412152011-07-22T15:34:06.564+01:002011-07-22T15:34:06.564+01:00Wow - what a lot of goodies you pack into your lit...Wow - what a lot of goodies you pack into your little veg patch - well done you!Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-11477453382546626792011-07-22T15:21:19.944+01:002011-07-22T15:21:19.944+01:00It's such a lovely place that garden of yours....It's such a lovely place that garden of yours. Somethin gof how I picture little "Secret gardens" as it were. My garden fell to the over 100 degree summer. Only survivors are the rosemary and the sage. <br /><br />Love your garden.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200245194489874517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-74339486144076656172011-07-22T13:32:23.500+01:002011-07-22T13:32:23.500+01:00Hooray for your garden! It's such a wonderful...Hooray for your garden! It's such a wonderfully used space. Good for you. It sure wouldn't be summer without a bit of garden. I love it all, especially your bone charm. I think my garden may need one like it.Trailshomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091315786366864065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-42180074974078582292011-07-22T13:10:12.864+01:002011-07-22T13:10:12.864+01:00I am very impressed indeed. What a bumpercrop you ...I am very impressed indeed. What a bumpercrop you have and how lovely your garden looks now with all the activity! I must say though, that if I peered over your fence, seeing those skulls hanging there I might be inclined to think you were a witch casting spells!;)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593348601123003194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-59826648037069412942011-07-22T09:58:46.486+01:002011-07-22T09:58:46.486+01:00I glanced at your post on my Reader sans specs and...I glanced at your post on my Reader sans specs and thought oh blimey- now we've got SNOW!!<br /><br />Love the BlairWitch idea...haven't seen anything like that in the local NGS open gardens around here (wonder why!)<br /><br />have a good weekend<br />xted and bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420272135724099182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-26180893187471380432011-07-22T09:28:20.268+01:002011-07-22T09:28:20.268+01:00wondeful stuff - just waiting for my first runner ...wondeful stuff - just waiting for my first runner beans and I agree, there is nothing like home grown.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410318976755292700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-3219185753375586152011-07-22T08:36:52.080+01:002011-07-22T08:36:52.080+01:00I roared with laughter at your "Blair Witch&q...I roared with laughter at your "Blair Witch" charms.... wonderful! Gardens take a lot of keeping up with and I know that there are times I just don't keep up with ours.... BUT I do rather love the stuff that self seeds and surprises .............menopausalmusinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255069917743230560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-43481795667209960272011-07-22T03:18:49.097+01:002011-07-22T03:18:49.097+01:00Wow, Gretel, you all have definitely gotten that g...Wow, Gretel, you all have definitely gotten that garden space back into summer action after last winter's bleak times.<br /><br />How clever you and Andy are in figuring out how to make the most of this space. <br /><br />Some of what you show in the photos do remind me of my early 1970's Brooklyn garden, where space was limited, but much was grown. Thank you for allowing my to travel into nostalgia.<br /><br />Enjoy all those ripening vegetables! xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-50580759563538707172011-07-22T00:39:57.792+01:002011-07-22T00:39:57.792+01:00Impressive, Gretel! don't discount those volun...Impressive, Gretel! don't discount those volunteers. they often do better than their purposely planted counterparts. I was put in mind of a Mediterranean patch, franklytut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-91604508913487445592011-07-21T22:40:01.633+01:002011-07-21T22:40:01.633+01:00Now that looks like a proper cottage garden!Now that looks like a proper cottage garden!Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-86984018738729584462011-07-21T21:02:32.891+01:002011-07-21T21:02:32.891+01:00I wish my garden was doing as well! Still, we had ...I wish my garden was doing as well! Still, we had a hodge-podge of mixed baby veg from the garden for tea tonight as well as home grown potatoes, so it is producing, albeit in small quantities. What we do have in huge quantities this year is grapes - bizarre!Caroline Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458832101616631036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-6836344954467104082011-07-21T20:46:13.287+01:002011-07-21T20:46:13.287+01:00The pleasure of having your own home grown veg.......The pleasure of having your own home grown veg......you can't put a price on it.<br /><br />Gretel your garden looks quite prolific despite the damage done by snow in Winter..............<br /><br />Lots of treasures tucked away waiting to be discovered.<br />I'm just starting to think about Summer and what we might grow. So unlike me to be organised, hehehe.<br /><br />Claire :}Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742003349610251189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-2969410123555870192011-07-21T20:34:57.716+01:002011-07-21T20:34:57.716+01:00Loved all the verdant garden shots and the lovely ...Loved all the verdant garden shots and the lovely lettuces... almost like being at Longmeadow with Monty! But the little gem below made me laugh out loud! <br /><br />"This is one of my 'Blair Witch' charms, to look after the garden; one hare's skull and three portions of what I think are badger spine bones - could be deer. (If you think that's bad, never look inside my pockets...)" !!!<br /><br />Fascinating to see the recovery of your veggie plot through the seasons, well done! Jane GThe Time Sculptor's Secrethttp://thetimesculptor.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-56713844259783661812011-07-21T20:32:59.496+01:002011-07-21T20:32:59.496+01:00Oh lovely, especially those beans.
"Rogue po...Oh lovely, especially those beans.<br /><br />"Rogue potato" brought up this mental image of Mr. Potato Head attempting to skyjack a transatlantic flight... "Take me to Cuba or you'll all be french fries!" Needless to say, these days he'd be mashed in a dogpile of his irate fellow passengers.Soozcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549632685008663664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-38569762760990365482011-07-21T20:11:28.770+01:002011-07-21T20:11:28.770+01:00Cor! Gorgeous garden of yummyness!Do you like broa...Cor! Gorgeous garden of yummyness!Do you like broad beans? I don't...yuk, but I do like the little green bean inside the broad bean. I can't be bothered to double shell, so don't grow them. You're doing alot better than me, squash wise ;0) xxxErica-Jane Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908474757608561534noreply@blogger.com