Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Garden update- part 2!

We had some green, plastic chicken-wire looking stuff leftover from making some repairs around the chicken coop. Tim and I came up with the idea together to use leftover fence posts and that material to make a bean trellis! Don't mind the incredible amount of grass in that part of the garden. I neglected that side of the garden when the rains were coming so often, so the grass sprung up. The other side of the garden looks great, this side is our project for next week!

In this picture, you can see some of the trees that blew down in the nasty storms we've had lately AND one of my teeny new peach trees!
This is a teeny part of the crazy mint patch we have growing beside our house!
We're putting it in our sweetened black tea, have made jelly with it (post to come this week on that adventure!), and looking for more recipes!
I'm very excited to have this resource available to me!

Have you discovered anything cool growing wild near your home?

11 comments:

Samantha said...

Mojitos! hahaha, sike, but if I weren't pregnant...

Dusti said...

That reminds me of my first beach trip with Tim, right before we got married...

It involved the beach in January, a big gulp cup (32oz) filled with the most insane amount of mojito, my husband, his friends, an indoor lazy river, some attempted surfing, and Tim ending up laying on the ground covered in inner tubes.

Yeah.
Mojitos ;) haha

Kory said...

Fun stuff! I'm excited about the dandelions actually, lol. I want to make jelly and use the greens for smoothies. Tempted to dry some root, but we'll see...

Dusti said...

Kory, I made dandelion jelly last week! Tastes like mild honey- so good!! :)

tia said...

I absolutely love mint with strawberries!! and definitely in black tea and fresh lemon- oh gracious- its one of the most delicious drinks ever. <3 I may need to come pick some lady!!

Dusti said...

Tia, don't tell ANYONE else in NC ;) but I don't like lemon in my tea! I know it makes me a bit of a freak of southern nature, but anything but lemon is fine by me!

And please do come by sometime with the kids. Keelin and Jackson would love to have them and we have more mint than you can carry!

tia said...

it's our secret :)

and I will text you later tomorrow- I don't have school for 20 days, woo hoo!! so that means we're free to do whatever.

Dusti said...

If you let me know what day you're interested in coming, I'll dig up some mint for you to take home with you and plant. It's so hardy, Dad used to run over it with the lawnmower and it would still grow back just as thick as anything! haha

Kory said...

Oh I'm glad it tastes good! That's what HUbby was asking "Is it even going to taste good?" um... dunno but it sounds like fun, lol.

Dusti said...

It has a super mild flavor. Sweet and flowery like honey, but not overpowering. I'm posting, probably tonight, about the recipe I used with pictures and such!

Rebecca said...

Man, I hope I get the motivation to have a garden this year!

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Rebecca