How Does Your Garden Grow?
26 July 2010
JERSEY FRESH! If' you're from Jersey you know what these words mean! Here at the monastery it means pick it now, cook it in 10 minutes!
The gardens are loving the very hot and humid weather (as are the weeds!). The novitiate sisters planted 2 gardens, taking over part of Sr. Mary Martin's garden where she has her tomatoes and string beans. The first bunches of broccoli (yum!) are coming in and the zucchini is on the menu almost daily! We picked a few ears of corn last week. As you can see in the photo Sr. Mary Magdalene's sunflower is worthy of her Kansas touch. She also planted 3 papaya plants!
Sr. Joseph Maria has planed peppers, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, eggplant, cabbage and beets.
The "Lower Garden" is filled with tomatoes, more corn, beans, basil, and summer squash which we've begun harvesting also.
And then there is Sr. Denise Marie's melon patch which has 3 kinds of melons. We can't wait!
Sr. Mary Catharine's vineyard got hit with black rot but that is under control although the grape harvest will be small. The kiwi are growing V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W-L-Y but good things come to those who wait!
7 comments:
Wow, Sisters! Your gardens look so lush. Would you come over to my house and make my garden look like that? It must be all the prayers!
God bless you all.
Love in Christ,
Candice
Candice, those are weeds you see as well as veggies! But it is true that we've had an unusually good garden year! Blessed be God in His gifts!
Just curious, Sisters - you said you're growing kiwi? A kiwi is a New Zealand native nocturnal bird, a protected species and not available for export or breeding outside New Zealand. "Kiwi" is also the nickname given to a native New Zealander.
Given that it's in a garden, I'm guessing that you actually mean a kiwifruit? Small brownish furry fruit with green (or sometimes yellow) insides you scoop out with a spoon?
Sorry about that, but I am a "Kiwi" (the New Zealander version, not the bird!)!
I love the photos of your wonderful garden, and the blog layout looks good too.
Blessings
Sr Therese COS
I had no idea you could grow kiwi in this area of the country! Do you think I could grow them all the way up here at the top of NY?
Kiwifruit used to be called Chinese goosberries! lol
Wow - these are great pictures! When I showed my mom she said she was glad for the parents who get to see how happy their daughters look.
Given that it's in a garden, I'm guessing that you actually mean a kiwifruit? Small brownish furry fruit with green (or sometimes yellow) insides you scoop out with a spoon?
Okey Oyna
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