OK we are doing a little time travelling today. Here on the left we have my humble little garden on May 31st, 2010.

You can see my modest little pea crop in the middle there... sniff, sniff.. I was so proud then.

Our little cabbage is on the right side in the corner.. you can barely see it.. just a smattering of green in a sea of brown earth.

What a difference a month can make. Now you can barely see the ground for the plants.

The peas are long gone, just a few bags in our freezer being saved for a special occasion after a couple fresh meals we had in May.

Our star cabbage is a full blown teenager now. The whole garden just exploded once Summer came into full swing and the nights stayed warm.

What you can't really see in these pictures are my cucumber and zukes... Seriously.. we may be over run... (fingers crossed). I am hoping I can keep the pests at bay until we get a couple rounds of nice cukes.

And with that, let me introduce to you, our little star. See the dark (almost looks like green shadow) on the left side of the plant. Those are big, broad leaves... yum.

Now I am very, very excited. This is perhaps the best garden I have had in my 10 summer growing on this lot. Some think it may be extra work I've put into developing the soil over that same timeframe. I think it is largely the bag of 10-10-8 I scratched into the soil just a few weeks ago. Either way it is more in my belly!!!

Oh and dig this... a friend of mine obviously moved by my display of fine gardening shared a link with me. The Bonnie Cabbage Program,

is a cool little contest that encourages 3rd graders to garden.. by giving them a cabbage to grow over the summer.

Check it out for yourself:

http://www.bonnieplants.com/CabbageProgram/tabid/81/Default.aspxS

Some of these kids grow monster cabbage (feed me Seymour). I think those are mostly Southern states. This is just a great thing... and anyone (or company) who wants to spread the love of cabbage is a friend of mine.

June 20 & 24 photos

So learned the lesson of the power of a little rain.

The bottom photo taken on Sunday June 20, during a period of some serious heat and no rain.

The photo on top was today June 24th. The leaves perked up.. and the cabbage has really started growing and heading.

One of its peers is getting so big you can start to see it creeping in on the left side of this picture.

I am starting to get excited about harvesting the cabbage. I think this year we may try our hand at a small batch of sauerkaut as well as some cabbage rolls and haluski.

Took this one today. Plant has really starting to grow. This is an early cabbage variety. I am hoping to have some cabbage by end of summer... maybe as soon as Late July?!

I didn't think that would be possible, a few weeks ago, but they way he is growing now along with his buddies it may be possible. More likely is Labor Day.


The soda bottle cap that I used on a couple photos is still there. It is up under the leaf at the top left of the photo. I seriously underestimated the size of these cabbage. It is always so hard to determine how much space to leave plants when you are working with a small garden.

Suppose to get rain throughout the week. Should be a interesting next week to see how big it will be by next Saturday.

(you can see the little soda cap to the upper left.)

Took this photo this morning.. rain continued through the night last night into the AM and through the day.

Western PA had some tornado warnings for Greene and Southern Fayette County today. Thankfully, none hit close to my cabbage patch.

Seems to be growing well, but still seems a little undersized compared to some of its siblings. What? you couldn't possibly have thought I was growing just one. No this little cabbage has 13 other siblings.. but you know they can't all be stars.

June 4, 2010 - Finally Rain

It has been a long dry week... the entire week and last weekend storms rolled through Western PA. However, little rain fell in Uniontown. Even tonight we have heard thunder rumbling for over an hour.. and just moments ago some slight rain began to fall... Hoping for an all night soak which should really kick start the cabbage and his little friends.