The Garden Delicious

The Garden Delicious

The Garden Delicious

Delicious Meals from the Garden

  • Home
  • Fruits & Veggies
  • Ornamentals
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Grains
    • Greens
    • Pasta
    • Salads
    • Sandwiches
    • Smoothies
    • Soups
  • Contact Me
  • About Me
  • Home
  • Fruits & Veggies
  • Ornamentals
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Grains
    • Greens
    • Pasta
    • Salads
    • Sandwiches
    • Smoothies
    • Soups
  • Contact Me
  • About Me

AUTHOR & PLANT LOVER

Hi! I’m Stacey, an avid gardener, lover of plants and vegetarian foodie in the making. Growing vegetables and turning them into beautiful, colorful, healthy meals is something that connects me to my roots.

Newsletter

Subscribe to my e-mail list and receive a free, digital download of my botanical coloring book, Blossom Within!

Growing and growing! Growing and growing!
Home-grown spinach is the best kind! I’ve also g Home-grown spinach is the best kind! I’ve also got lettuce, radishes, beets, broccoli and mustard greens here. I love watching them grow!
Before and after! I cleaned the fence bed up and t Before and after! I cleaned the fence bed up and topped it with fresh soil. All ready for the peonies and hydrangeas to pop!
Forsythia is always such a delightful burst of spr Forsythia is always such a delightful burst of spring energy!
Happy spring equinox! We’re welcoming warm weath Happy spring equinox! We’re welcoming warm weather and longer days by finishing the two newest beds. These will be filled with flowers for our pollinators.
Last year we pulled out all of our grass in the fr Last year we pulled out all of our grass in the front yard and installed a “pollinator paradise”. This beautiful bumble loves our Magna Echinacea!
What a busy weekend!! I harvested a lot of tomatoe What a busy weekend!! I harvested a lot of tomatoes before the rain and then had to get them preserved. This is over 28 pounds of heirloom tomatoes and tomatillos lovingly made into salsa verde, roasted tomato basil soup and chopped tomatoes. Gosh I’m tired!
Our yard is doing exactly what we designed it to d Our yard is doing exactly what we designed it to do!
These are the last beds we can fit on the property These are the last beds we can fit on the property.  Excited to see them filled with flowers this summer. 🌺🌸🌹🌻
Follow on Instagram
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    Bed Preparation 2021

    March 9, 2019 / No Comments

    Bed Preparation 2021 I’m a very tidy person.  I don’t like knick-knacks, clutter or unopened mail.  Gardening offers me the opportunity to welcome a little bit of chaos into my life.  I allow the wild nature of the garden to help…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    Garden Plan 2021

    February 28, 2019 / No Comments

    Garden Plan 2021 Do you Know About Garden Planning? Garden plan 2021 is very interesting for me. I know beauty garden planning. It’s finally springtime!  I’m so relieved and so excited about the growing season ahead. In the winter, I feel…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    10 Veggie Gardening Lessons Learned – 2018

    December 18, 2018 / No Comments

    10 Veggie Gardening Lessons Learned At the end of every season, I like to sit down in the garden and reflect on how things went.  I learn something new every year so it’s helpful to keep a garden journal and write…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening,  Show on Slider

    My turnips are ready! 

    June 16, 2018 / No Comments

    My ready turnips Gardening is such a miracle.  Nature has packed all of the genetic material needed to produce these wonderfully tender, white globes of crisp refreshing goodness into a teeny, tiny little seed that I dropped into the soil last…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    Early June Garden Update

    June 10, 2018 / No Comments

    Early June Garden Update It’s been about a month since I posted an update on the garden.  We’ve had a wonderful mix of hot days (70-80 degrees and sunny) and warm rainy days.  The plants LOVE this combo.  They love rain…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    Natural Pest Control

    May 21, 2018 / No Comments

    Natural Pest Control I went out to the garden today to pick some strawberries and found the ants had discovered my succulent little treats!  As an organic gardener, I do share my garden with insects, many that are beneficial to my…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    Tomato Trellises

    May 12, 2018 / No Comments

    Tomato Trellises This year I’ve decided to try to use vertical space in the garden.  My tomato plants, in particular, tend to get pretty wild and sprawl across the pathways and tangle up their vines making it difficult for sunlight to…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    Spring Planting 2018

    May 5, 2018 / No Comments

    Spring Planting 2018 I’m so happy the last raised bed is finished!  It’s our tradition to walk to the Farmer’s Market during the first weekend of May to purchase our veggie starts so I’m right on schedule.  We always buy our…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    5th Raised Bed in the Veggie Garden

    April 30, 2018 / No Comments

    5th Raised Bed in the Veggie Garden My vegetable garden design is getting close to being complete!  This year I built my fifth (and probably last) raised bed.  I leveled the mound soils before starting work. It was raining from time…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
  • Fruits & Veggies,  Gardening

    Early April Garden Update – 2018

    April 8, 2018 / No Comments

    Early April Garden Update – 2018 It finally stopped raining for a moment so I headed outside with the camera to get some updated shots of my plants.  Everyone is waking up now so the yard is full of new, bright…

    Read More
    The Garden Delicious
123

About Me

AUTHOR & PLANT LOVER

Hi! I’m Stacey, an avid gardener, lover of plants and vegetarian foodie in the making. Growing vegetables and turning them into beautiful, colorful, healthy meals is something that connects me to my roots.

FOLLOW MY JOURNEY

Subscribe to my e-mail list and receive a free, digital download of my botanical coloring book, Blossom Within!

Instagram

Growing and growing! Growing and growing!
Home-grown spinach is the best kind! I’ve also g Home-grown spinach is the best kind! I’ve also got lettuce, radishes, beets, broccoli and mustard greens here. I love watching them grow!
Before and after! I cleaned the fence bed up and t Before and after! I cleaned the fence bed up and topped it with fresh soil. All ready for the peonies and hydrangeas to pop!
Forsythia is always such a delightful burst of spr Forsythia is always such a delightful burst of spring energy!
Happy spring equinox! We’re welcoming warm weath Happy spring equinox! We’re welcoming warm weather and longer days by finishing the two newest beds. These will be filled with flowers for our pollinators.
Last year we pulled out all of our grass in the fr Last year we pulled out all of our grass in the front yard and installed a “pollinator paradise”. This beautiful bumble loves our Magna Echinacea!
What a busy weekend!! I harvested a lot of tomatoe What a busy weekend!! I harvested a lot of tomatoes before the rain and then had to get them preserved. This is over 28 pounds of heirloom tomatoes and tomatillos lovingly made into salsa verde, roasted tomato basil soup and chopped tomatoes. Gosh I’m tired!
Our yard is doing exactly what we designed it to d Our yard is doing exactly what we designed it to do!
These are the last beds we can fit on the property These are the last beds we can fit on the property.  Excited to see them filled with flowers this summer. 🌺🌸🌹🌻
Follow on Instagram

Categories

Follow Us

Growing and growing! Growing and growing!
Home-grown spinach is the best kind! I’ve also g Home-grown spinach is the best kind! I’ve also got lettuce, radishes, beets, broccoli and mustard greens here. I love watching them grow!
Before and after! I cleaned the fence bed up and t Before and after! I cleaned the fence bed up and topped it with fresh soil. All ready for the peonies and hydrangeas to pop!
Forsythia is always such a delightful burst of spr Forsythia is always such a delightful burst of spring energy!
Happy spring equinox! We’re welcoming warm weath Happy spring equinox! We’re welcoming warm weather and longer days by finishing the two newest beds. These will be filled with flowers for our pollinators.
Last year we pulled out all of our grass in the fr Last year we pulled out all of our grass in the front yard and installed a “pollinator paradise”. This beautiful bumble loves our Magna Echinacea!
What a busy weekend!! I harvested a lot of tomatoe What a busy weekend!! I harvested a lot of tomatoes before the rain and then had to get them preserved. This is over 28 pounds of heirloom tomatoes and tomatillos lovingly made into salsa verde, roasted tomato basil soup and chopped tomatoes. Gosh I’m tired!
Our yard is doing exactly what we designed it to d Our yard is doing exactly what we designed it to do!
These are the last beds we can fit on the property These are the last beds we can fit on the property.  Excited to see them filled with flowers this summer. 🌺🌸🌹🌻
Follow on Instagram

Recent Posts

  • Smokey Vegan Potato Corn Chowder
  • How I Grew 178 Pounds of Food in My Small Suburban Backyard!
  • Roasted Beet SaladRoasted Beet Salad with Citrus Dressing
  • Top 10 Gardening Lessons Learned – 2020
  • Newest Raised Garden Bed – 2020
  • 2019 Veggie Garden Harvest Tallies!

Categories

  • Appetizers
  • Fruits & Veggies
  • Gardening
  • Grains
  • Greens
  • Ornamentals
  • Pasta
  • Salads
  • Sandwiches
  • Seasonal
  • Show on Slider
  • Smoothies
  • Soups

Tags

asparagus avocado bees beets bowl broccoli cherry tomatoes cooking corn earth food fresh fruit garbanzo bean gardening garden layout garden plan green greens grow healthy homegrown lettuce oats organic organic gardening plants porridge radish raised beds root vegetables Roses salad seeds self-sufficient socca soil soup spring sprouts turnips urban homestead vegan vegetables vegetarian
COPYRIGHT © 2021 THE GARDEN DELICIOUS