protecting the little harvest

 For the past month, I've been dealing with a little beastie who keeps digging in the garden. We haven't seen the creature, but on most mornings we can see signs of digging. I tried sprinkling hot sauce around the plants, but the beast kept coming back. We affectionately named it "the diggity beast." Finally I relented and built a little frame and stapled a mesh enclosure around the veggies. The system is lightweight so I can remove it during the day for weeding or harvesting, and replace it during the night to prevent my friend "diggity" from digging up the plants. So far it's been working well. 

salad from the yard

For lunch today we had a salad with all the ingredients picked just minutes before the meal - pomegranate, green lettuce, and red lettuce. Yum!

valencia oranges almost ready to eat

I planted the Valencia orange tree in August of 2009.

This winter, we're having our first little crop of oranges.

 We tried eating one of the oranges two weeks ago; it was still too tart. 

 We'll do sample taste again in a week.

It's early February and a few new leaves are sprouting.

I'm hoping for more growth this year.