Summer Coming To An End

Summer is winding down and the plants in the garden are showing the end is near. The Blood Butcher Corn grew to a tall height at maturity. The Amaranth Flowers are still persisting.  No wonder it is called the forever flower.   Too bad this grain crop isn’t planted all over Iowa.  Would be funner to […]

Asparagus Beyond Perfection

What happens if all I grew was annual vegetables in my garden?  I would not experience the pleasure of harvesting and eating the earliest veggie in my garden:  Asparagus. Early to rise and a long harvest window gives me servings of it every day for weeks from April to June, and sometimes the asparagus spears […]