A Kitchen Garden

Design - "Wee Vegetables"

Designer - Heart in Hand

Fabric - 32 count Lambswool linen

Fibers - GAST

Started - 24 August 1998

Completed - 2 September 1998

I stitched this piece, and gave it to my sister as a gift.  It's still a great gift as she remains an avid vegetable and dahlia gardener. She blogs about her gardens at 4 Hills of Squash. Her kitchen garden is on the west side of our house. It is about 12' by x 20', and protected from the deer with PVC pipe and netting. 

This year she was gifted with this garden art Rooster.  As he does not crow, he is most welcome!

Perhaps you remember Mikaila from my Monday post.  This nine-year-old is not only an awesome cross-stitcher, she gardens like no-body's business.  On Sunday morning she helped my sister water the kitchen garden.

  

The back row has tomatoes and two trellises with Morning Glories. There are also a couple of sweet potatoes and peppers growing in black raised sacks (to raise the ground temperature for these heat lovers). 

In front of the tomatoes are the white and red onions.

When Mikaila returned Wednesday evening, she wanted once again to help.  This time she had the entire layout of the garden memorized - plant names, locations, and watering requirements - Wow! 

 In the front is a monstrous squash - Marina di Chioggia - I think it is going to take over the entire plot!

Everything is healthy and happy...

After working in the Kitchen Garden, they were off to Dahlialand (the Dahlia garden) - could they be happier?