Donna Migliaccio

A truck bed full of rich, dark brown compost.

You know your husband loves you when he comes home with a truckload of composted manure for your garden. 🌱
#truelove #vegetablegardening
#eatwhatyougrow

It's called Golden Star. It's supposed to be appropriate for containers, so I thought it would behave itself in my raised bed. But no - it's taken over the place!

Congratulations!

Golden zucchini, green pole beans, bright red peppers and pinkish tomatoes in a metal bowl.

Bowl full of late summer goodness. 🌱
#vegetables #vegetablegardening #tomatoes #tomatogardening #growwhatyoueat #eatyourcolors

An orange and brown skipper takes a sip from a pink zinnia flower, against a green background.

These cute little skippers have been visiting my Thumbelina zinnias all day long. 🌱
#flowerfeed #naturephotography #zinnias #pollinators

Silver metal bowl holding a variety of tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans.

Still getting tomatoes and cukes, but now the beans are starting to come in. 🌱
#vegetablegardening #tomatoes #eatwhatyougrow

A thread. 🧵(bear with me)

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Oval wicker basket full of cucumbers and tomatoes.

The tomatoes are coming in thick and fast now, but the cucumbers are starting to catch up. The ghosty-looking ones are Silver Slicers; the other is a Beit Alpha. (On the other hand, the pole beans are just getting started.) 🌱
#tomatoes #vegetablegardening #eatwhatyougrow

Red tomatoes, orange carrots with bright green tops.

This morning's haul. We've had such a rainy summer that blossom end rot has been a problem, but still getting a decent harvest. 🌱
#tomatoes🍅 #growyourownfood #eatwhatyougrow #eatyourcolors

I knew what you meant. :) I like beets and beet greens with goat cheese, myself.

Chorizo burritos. 😁 Husband doesn't like beets, so they'll be dinner when he's out of town soon.

Just picked snow peas and a variety of beets on a concrete stoop.

Today's harvest: a handful of snow peas and a variety of beets. Itty bitty Bulls Blood, and more respectable examples of Chioggia, Golden Touchstone and Detroit Dark Red. 🌱
#vegetablegardening #eatwhatyougrow #eatyourcolors

Love that!

An arrangement of flowering potted plants in white, yellow, pink and purple, with three stone rabbits.

Filled a bare spot in the perennial shade garden with some pops of color and texture...and rabbits. 🌱
#gardening #shadegardening #rabbits

Bright leafy green head of escarole in dark brown soil.

Broadleaf Batavian Endive, just about ready to harvest. Combined with diced prosciutto, hot cherry peppers, pecorino Romano and breadcrumbs, it'll make a divine dish of Utica Greens. 🌱 🍽
#vegetablegardening #eatwhatyougrow #regionalcooking #utica

Repost with a movie you know all the words to.

Two more varieties to sow yet!

Repurposed 32-oz yogurt containers.

Zone 7b, in the mid-Atlantic.

Tomato seedlings are taking over the den. Seven varieties represented here, along with a few peppers. 🌱
#tomatoes #vegetablegardening #eatwhatyougrow
#gardensky

A very large spiral of freshly-made Italian sausage.

Made Italian sausage yesterday. This spiral weighed nearly twelve pounds. 🍽
#sausagemaking #sausage #italiancooking

Raised bed with escarole and lettuce seedlings in dark brown soil.

First plant-out day of the season. Escarole and lettuce seedlings, and a quick sowing of French Breakfast radishes. 🌱
#gardensky #vegetablegardening #eatwhatyougrow #spring

I like "seasoned." Good luck with your book!

Leaves and rosettes of Broadleaf escarole, bright green in the sunlight.

The baby Batavian Broadleaf escarole has graduated to the hardening-off stage - and not a minute too soon. They're outgrowing their pots. 🌱
#gardening #gardensky #vegetablegardening #eatwhatyougrow

Four green pots of freshly planted lettuce seedlings.

First of the spring seedlings are planted out! Granted, they're in a little pop-up greenhouse, with a frost cover to keep them snug in 20F nighttime temps, but they've finally graduated to the great outdoors. These are Little Gem romaine and Wildest Garden Mix, from Territorial Seed Company.

I like Territorial Seeds, High Mowing and Southern Exposure.

Mainly, just not rushing the process, and being vigilant about checking the forecast for high and low temps.

Escarole, romaine and lettuce mix seedlings in bright sunshine.

Baby greens getting their first 30 minutes of fresh air and sunshine, on the hardening-off road to planting in the garden. So adorable. 🌱
#gardening #vegetablegardening #eatwhatyougrow