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Picking dinner out of the back yard rocks!
June 16, 2009, 11:45 AM
Filed under: Gardening

Everything I ate tonight I grew, except for the chicken. It’s organic, free range, now it’s in the oven. I am using organic butter, thyme and scallions and sweet potatoes I grew, Cherry tomatoes I picked this afternoon.  When I went to the backyard just now I noticed a bunch of blueberries were ripe.  I have been eating a few a week, but all of the sudden I had to come back in and get a bowl..there were so many!  I love this!  I have only been seriously gardening since last July.  that’s when the square foot garden went in. But then I became fascinated with hydroponics and it took off from there… but today was the first time that everything I grew all the veggies and fruit for dinner!!!

Here’s an update; This is the sunroom at the end of the living room. Almost everything is in sub-irrigated containers I built.

Picture The tomatoes have vined up to the ceiling! Next time I know to use patio type tomatoes.  In the red bucket is purple bell peppers,  Clockwise from there; purple tomatoes, cucumbers, beets, garlic, lettuce, chives, beets.

Picture 233 Cucumbers

Picture 226

Outside something attacked my broccoli, I sprayed with Neem oil.

Picture 236 Flowers on the upside down tomatoes, hanging outside my kitchen window.  I can open the window and pick tomatoes!