2023 Food Garden!

[mig (you can call me mig)]

Bowl of mystery tiny heirloom cherry tomatoes, coMpared to two (2) long-awaited heirloom black cherry tomatoes, which aren’t quiiiite ready to eat.

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A bee I’ve not seen before!

Google Lens says it’s Megachile rotundata

Managing Pests in Gardens: Trees and Shrubs: Invertebrates: Leafcutting...

[bogman (Robert Sacilotto)]

It Does look like a Leafcutter or Mason Bee. Here’s a good read on CA bees.

[Saregama]

Oh wow! I took so many pics of different bees when I had the tiny tomato farm during the pandemic, I should pull them out to see which ones they were!

[mig (you can call me mig)]

Green pepper big poppa, Roma tomatoes breaking color, the native goldenrod I planted last fall getting ready to bloom, my first Purple Cherokee for eatin.’

[shrinkrap]

Perfect. Thank you !

[naf]

@mig

my first Purple Cherokee

Congrats. My P. Cherokees are still green.

Meanwhile, the first Shimmers and black cherries arrive.

[Phoenikia]

[Phoenikia]

My first artichoke didn’t blossom this year. I’m going to try to keep the crown indoors over winter, in peat moss.

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/overwintering-artichokes-cold-climates/#:~:text=To%20overwinter%20containerized%20artichoke%20plants,six%20weeks%20until%20spring’s%20arrival.

[Phoenikia]

[small_h]

Beautiful pink Berkeley tie dye. It could be my only one, so I’m excited about it!

[Phoenikia]

Parsnips , heritage squash and cilantro.

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Beautiful!

[mig (you can call me mig)]

Welp.

[ewsflash (Eileen S)]

I am in awe!

[Phoenikia]

Very seedy black raspberries. Bumper crop this year.

[Phoenikia]

I’m going to try this with some pluots.

How to Plant a Plum Seed (with Pictures) - wikiHow

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Today’s picking

[shrinkrap]

Grapes! There were others that I thought I had hidden from predators, but apparently I hid them FOR predators.

[MunchkinRedux]

We went away for several days on vacation, harvesting everything from the kitchen garden worth picking before we left. Here is what we came back to after four days of neglect.

[shrinkrap]

Those look great, especially for being “neglected”!