Pilgrims and Pioneers: vegetable garden

Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

A Pioneer Garden Day in the Kitchen

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Prairie-Mercantile/857561767602737

Saturday, July 6, 2013

The Pilgrim Garden 2013

The Pilgrim Garden I and flowers are doing so well this year- this is not everything in the garden but it was too hot to take too many pics.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Harvesting the Pilgrim Garden

Ten muskmelon this year- it is the first time we have had melons that actully got ripe enough to eat and that the wild critters did not beat us to!

The tops of the tomatoes are not as yellow as they appear!

Not everything I tried to grow this year was successful. I an not sure if it was weather, seed that was bad or, my lack of skill.
I did however have good luck with a big portion of the garden.

Green beans snapped and ready to cook for tonight's supper!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Did the Pilgrims Get This Excited...

over their vegetable gardens? Probably not since they had to have a garden for survival. No McDonald's or Di Giorno pizza's for them. I on the other hand am excited- I am looking forward to fresh vegetables and hope fully being able to preserve some of the harvest for winter use.
I am amazed at how fast things are growing.

The basil is doing very well- I will be drying more of this this year.

The cantaloupe is bloomnig well- I hope I get at least one good melon this year!

The Scarlett Runner Beans are getting ready to set their scarlett flowers- they are growing amazingly fast- I have never grown them before- I can't wait to see the foot long beans!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Progress Made Today!

I made some good progress in the garden today!

Rainy Midwest weather is good for making grass long enough to mulch with!

This will be raked and spread in the garden after supper tonight.

As the garden is starting to get a little weedy!

Beets and Onions

Basil, Radishes and Onions

Cantaloupe

Green Beans are a little spotty so I will be filling in with more seed soon.

The peas are spotty too so I added some seed to the rows today.

The zuchini is growing quickly!

The sweet coen is sparse so will add seed to that too!

My clematis is blooming nicely!

And so are the peonies!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Free Mulch and the first green onions

My neighrbor brought over his grass clippings today- I was delighted! Very kind of him!
I spread one batch this morning and will spread the rest after supper tonight.
Hubby had the first green onions from the garden at lunch today- 35 days after planting! Amazing!