Front yard garden !! ♻ Garden ♻ at ♻ the ♻ front ✾✾✾✾✾✾✾✾✾✾✾✾✾ grass grass go away, grow somewhere some other day!!

Front yard garden

 HEY WORLD DID YA MISS ME!!,

I know, I know,, its been ages, but guess what ?? WE'RE MOVING !!!! YAAAA!!!
were looking for more land and its taking up a lot of our time recently. We've been all over this great province, Belleville, Orangeville, Fort erie, Port hope, Ramara, Orillia, Beaverton, Niagara, Keswick, Creemore, you name it, just searching for the magic spot and you know what? we thought we found it...twice,
but both time things fell apart due to other offers being firm and us not wanting to price battle,
YESHH EHH,
What a few weeks its been, I didnt even get the chance to post these pics, so you'll have to pardon the laziness and know that were much further along in the growing season then what is shown, I will post an update someday soon as our purple Brussel sprouts are so beautiful and big they are in need of some admiring, lol.
As you can see below the redina lettuce is picture perfect, probably one of the best/easiest lettuces I've ever grown. The colour is great for sprucing up walkways/ borders, its easy in planters and just add a few calendulas and you've got yourself a masterpiece.

Front yard garden - Rue - Lettuce - okra

Bell pepper - Variegated tomato - Basil - Mammoth Dill - Pansy

Here you can see some companion planting, We have a variegated tomato in the yellow cage along with some blushing bell peppers in front. There is a purple tomatillo hidden behind the tomato with mammoth dill and basil planted all around... and almost forgot, a pansy or two for attracting more pollinators.

Purple Brussel sprout

We decided to try our hands at a purple Brussel sprout this year as last year we grew the green ones and thought this would be an interesting change. So far, We like this one a little more then the green, the colour in this one is fantastic, We even get compliments on it as people walk by down the street, it just has this impressive look to it, almost a bit Jurassic, but in a good way. The great thing about this plant is its in the same family as your kale's and broccoli's so nearly the whole plant is edible, We like to make juices with the leaves. ( its also really great for photographers as it creates a hydrophobic effect with water on the plant making pictures look alive.)

Front yard garden with companion plants

Here we have some red okra, purple tomatillo, white bell pepper, basil ( purple & green ) sun flowers in the back, sam marzano tomato in the yellow cage ( middle ) and flowers for enhanced pollination.

Strawberries in front ditch

Good ol sprite checking out the plantings of front yard ditch strawberries ( YUP, in the ditch!!) What We did here was out of a  'what the heck' type moment and it turned out better then We had hoped. There were some extra strawberry plants laying around the other year and they just so happened to be the pink flower variety, so, We dug a few holes then planted away and last year they survived!! Now there  back in all there glory, pouring out pink flowers and big berries all year so far. We dont really eat them we tend to forgot about them and leave them for the animals, but its great to know we have more food then We know what to do with, and in an emergency, We're sure glad We have strawberries growing and not grass, lol.

Companion planting

 Companion planting - flowers for pollination, red celery behind, ground cherry to the left.

Red celery

 Red celery, so far, not as great as I thought it would be.

Ground cherries 

Ground cherries, as you might be able to see, its starting to develop a spider might issue and the discoloration in the leaves is a sure sign to anyone who's experienced with these little buggers.
This was the aunt mollies variety but I remember there was another that grew taller which I will try and source out next year, each year this aunt mollies has been so low to the ground, it almost seems to sprawl and never gets taller then 10 inches, when I grew ground cherries many years ago it got to 2 / 3 ft, I just dont remember where I got the seeds, and I've been searching ever since.

Redina lettuce

 Redina lettuce close up, just beautiful.

Variegated tomato plant

In this photo you can kind of see the variegation forming on the leaves, I am very impressed with this plant so far, it produces in abundance, its a showy tomato, and the taste is quite appealing, not so much meaty as it is an average juice tomato.

Lettuce path + rue

Here you can see our rue plant in flower ( at the front right with yellow flowers ) along side our lettuce, bell peppers, bok choi, basil, tomatillos and maybe even a dandelion.
The photo beneath is of our mini tomatoes , with 19 tomatoes on a spoon.

Mini tomato

Lunch time goodness + Recipe = ❒ sprout sandwich ❒

redina lettuce under 90 watt L.E.D

This sandwich is something of a regular mealtime of mine and while it can be eaten everyday, you wouldn't want to devoir this then go on a date. With a whole clove of garlic freshly grated, this sandwich will saturate your mouth with the aroma of 100 Italian meals at once. There is no skimping on taste here, bold basil's and old cheddar cheese, radish sprouts and mammoth dill, Italian parsley and spiced coriander, all add up to a sandwich fit for a king or queen. This is almost a completely raw sandwich besides the bread but Im sure there is a substitute for some type of raw bread if needed.
While this may be to strong for some people, I mainly look at the idea of health and then taste, when it comes to my preparations sometimes health wins out more, so if you think grating up a large clove of garlic and putting it on toast is to much, some of my meals might blow you away.
( tweaking may be needed ) and generally I don't like to give exact amounts, it just seems funny to me, everyone likes there meals with a different variance of certain taste, so take my amounts with a grain of salt and play around to match your liking.
Lets start.




Simply toast the bread of your liking ( we use organic Kamut ), grate up a whole clove of garlic and spread on the bread, add hummus on top of the garlic, ( add sea salt and pepper here ), then apply cheddar cheese of your amount,
layer X amounts of lettuce ( we use redina and black seeded simpson ), add radish sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, red clover sprouts, and canola sprouts ( sandwich blend )→ ( non GMO, we use Mums seeds ), combined with italian parsley, spiced coriander, ruffles basil, + red ruben basil, arugula, mammoth dill.

Optional items ( help mix it up!! )

Jumping jack flowers
chicken
nasturtium leaves or flowers
candied ginger
chives
Hot sauce or hot peppers
Sweet pepper ( we go for poblano, cubanelle, or bell )
cucumber ( for crunch )
smoked paprika
smoked salmon
avocado

redina lettuce close up

Italian parsley + redina lettuce 

redina lettuce under l.e.d + UFO 90watt 

Garlic + Sprout sandwich + Cheese