Garden Fairies Smocking & Needlearts News http://smockingstore.com/newsletter Topics covered are: Smocking, Heirloom Sewing and Silk Ribbon Embroidery Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:10:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Harvest Time http://smockingstore.com/newsletter/?p=554 http://smockingstore.com/newsletter/?p=554#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:16:11 +0000 Main Fayrie Speaks http://smockingstore.com/newsletter/?p=554 What a fun journey this garden has been.   We’ve wondered at the growth of zucchini plants, how prolificate and bountiful the harvest has been with them.  We were sad to see them go with the first touch of frost.   Next year we are going to plant them in a different spot in the garden when they can grow as wild and free as they like and I’ll put in some more swiss chard.
Speaking of Swiss Chard.  It’s a wonderful green leafy vegetable, very versatile vegetable is she and tasty.  It has withstood the frosty nights with valour.  You can almost see the leaves getting hardier and hardier.  Here is the new planting.  By now the weeds are growing taller.  Can’t seem to train Nick into pulling weeds … he thinks everything deserves to live free.  I say “weeds begone”.

I put in some other veges for our winter garden.  Some broccoli, dinosaur kale, regular kale, brussel sprouts (yum, nothing like organic brussel sprouts!) and some carrots which unfortunately ended up where the seeds from the marigolds are sprouting.   The seeds from the morning glory have already sprouted where they dropped from the vine.  It’s great fun to watch things grow, even better  when you can eat them!

We are putting in some dwarf fruit trees, mostly peaches that grow in our area.  I have always wanted to plant a tree and watch it grow over the years, that’s one of the things I’ve missed but it shows you how transient life is which is why NOW I’m planting fruit trees.

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