TROUTS FARM GARDENS

May, 2011

 

A PIECE OF NANA'S GARDEN AT TROUTS FARM

Camille's Nana grew hydrangeas and she is happy that Trouts Farm came with a healthy hydrangea bush.  This year, blooms began to appear during the first week of May.

 

RED HOTS

 

The red hot pokers weren't far behind the hydrangeas and together make an impressive flower arrangement, which, sadly, we did not capture in pixels. 

 

RED TIPS

May is when the red tips on the north side of the garden get messy and put out new growth. 

 

BERRY, BERRY NICE

 

We ate our first blueberry this season from our little plants which hold the promise of blueberry abundance in years to come.  Our strawberries, on the other hand, are already showing off with handfuls of sweet, ripe berries every time we walk by.

 

PARSLEY AND CARROTS

 

Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.  For one thing, parsley doesn't need thinning, while the carrots do.

 

NEWCOMER

Shallots are new to Bob's garden this year and we are using them anywhere we would use onions and/or garlic.

 

MORE PEAS, PLEASE

 

Peas are one vegetable we can't seem to get enough of.  The sugar snap peas found their way into salads while the English peas ended up in casseroles.  We eat them as fast as they grow so nothing made it's way to the deep freeze for later.

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