Saturday, July 27, 2013

How Does Your Garden Grow 2

Bush cucumber
Lots of flowers, only one cuc so far!
 
Swiss chard
With a little bug heart eaten out on the lower leaf. I am an organic gardener.
IMHO swiss chard tastes lke grass, no matter how you prepare it!
I don't think I'll grow it next year.
 
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40 comments:

  1. looks good and healthy (so far!)

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  2. These are great photos Karen, and I love that little bug heart you pointed out. I have never tried Swiss Chard before, might not now ;) Thanks for linking with Today's Flowers and have a great week.

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  3. Does look lovely and colorful and healthy! Great shots for the day as always, Karen!! Hope your weekend is going well!

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  4. The cucumber flower is gorgeous. I'm thinking you will have a good crop soon.
    I'm with you on the swiss chard.

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  5. Even tho it's a cucumber, it's flower is gorgeous! Great captures!

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  6. Beautiful cucumberflower:) Hope you get a lots of cucumbers ofthem as well!

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  7. It's very cool tobe a organic gardener. Your cucumber photo is very beautiful.
    Wishing you a wonderful Sunday.

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  8. bright and beautiful pics!
    wonderful work! *VBS*

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  9. Wow Karen........your chard looks amazzzzzing!

    Ruby

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  10. Your plants look beautiful. I have never had chard. The cucumber flower is pretty. Great shots, have a happy day!

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  11. This cucumber flower is beautiful, Karen. I wish they lasted longer, but then again, if they did, we wouldn't have cucumber, would we??? :-)

    I'm with you on the Swiss chard. Don't like it at all.

    Happy Sunday to you!

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  12. I have only a few wee cucumbers but lots of flowers too and yet my friend a few blocks away is already eating cukes!

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  13. Your garden looks so healthy and lovely.

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  14. Yes, Beautiful pictures, gorgeous colors in the flower!

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  15. beautiful photos! love the cucumber flower.

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  16. Beautiful captures of the cucumber flower and the "heart"!

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  17. love the bright yellow flower. the veggie in the second photo looks like "alugbati", also called Malabar spinach here.

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  18. I think the chard looks like it would taste of grass!

    Having said that we have a spinach recipe where the spinach "melts" into a lamb curry - and then even spinach does not taste that bad!!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne:

    PS: ankle will keep me off rough ground for at least another two weeks - sad face!

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  19. This is one vegie that produces a glowing flower! Love the details of those healthy leaves.

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  20. They will be so fresh and yummy!

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  21. Hope you get more than just one cucumber. :)) I love Swiss chard but I suspect we don't all taste things the same way. Your plants look healthy.

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  22. magnificent macros! I've never tasted chard, and I'm less likely to try it now. :)

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  23. i got nothing....

    yours looks great!!

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  24. Lindas fotos! A primeira é flor de abóbora?

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  25. Beautiful shots.
    The answer to your question: How does your garden grow? is Wildly :)
    Have anice evening :)

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  26. My garden is doing great too. Yours looks very healthy. I have not planted swiss chard for I do not know how to cook it ^_^ Instead I planted broccoli and collard greens and I am loving it. Great shots thanks for sharing.

    Kim,USA

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  27. Great pictures. I'll have to get back to growing vegetables. We've certainly got the space.

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  28. Wonderful shots, Karen!! Particularly the big yellow flower of the Bush Cucumber!!

    I'm visiting your page via 'NF Catching The Light'

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  29. Wow, your photos are just beautiful! I've enjoyed looking at them. You can bet I'll be back to see more. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  30. Yay for gardens! I love the light.

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  31. What a productive garden you have! Your vegetables look so fresh and healthy. Happy harvesting ahead!

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  32. cucumber flowers are beautiful ones. Nice catch.

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  33. I love cucumbers but didn't grow any this year. We do have lots of tomatoes. Nice shots from your garden.

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  34. Nature has beauty everywhere...lovely photos!

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  35. Your garden makes for beautiful pictures. Someone told me once that Swiss Chard has a nice earthy taste (in other words, it tastes like dirt). I actually don't mind it though. Just stir-fry the tender leaves in oil and butter until they wilt a bit. I also put it in a crustless quiche and we like it. It tastes earthy ;>)))

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  36. Great macro`s. I happen to like our swiss chard! Looking forward to our one and only cucumber.

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