14 Aug
I’ve been AWOL for about a month. My poor gardens no doubt feel neglected. We had a surprise 9-days out of town in early August, which accounts for some of my absence. While I was gone, the squash patch at Eagle Heights got HUGE and took over nearly my entire garden plot:
It even invaded the [...]
10 Jul
Oh, mid summer, how I love thee. Let me count the ways: (1) potatoes (2) carrots (3) peas (4) beets (5) raspberries.
I’m especially impressed by the size of some of those red potatoes, and by the abundance of raspberries in the backyard. I’m currently frying up some potatoes and sauteeing some carrots and peas for [...]
22 Jun
I’ve mulched my community garden plot at Troy Gardens to keep moisture in the soil and to reduce the frequency and difficulty of weeding. I use bales of straw, but you can use whatever you want that’ll block light: old chopped up leaves, newspapers, giant rhubarb leaves, whatever. (Don’t use pine needles, though. They change [...]
22 Apr
Full update soon, but for now, some planting dates. Planted today (Earth Day!), 4/22/09:
Carrots (Jaune du Doubs, Scarlet Nantes, and ATOMIC RED), Harris Model Parsnip, Detroit Dark Red Beets, Golden Beets, Easter Egg Radishes (or something like that), white turnips. I’ll probably re-sow all of these (except the parsnips) periodically throughout the summer.
All planted at [...]
8 Sep
Well, I’m back from India to find that my garden is in pretty decent shape. There’s an abundance of tomatoes, some of which I’ve frozen. The basil is also very healthy, and the carrot patch has exploded! It’s all very exciting and tasty. I made pesto yesterday, and Matthew made a delicious tomato sauce with [...]
30 May
It rained a lot last night, so this morning I went out to check on the sproutlets. Good news! We have radishes! Jessica and I are racing radishes–she planted her variety in one row, and I planted mine in one row, and we planted a third row with our seeds mixed up to see if [...]
27 May
Corn:
planted around 5/21
4 rows
5 pairs of seeds in each row
Peas:
planted around 5/21
three double rows
still need to make trellis for peas to climb
Tomatoes:
planted out 8 seedlings around 5/21
planted all plants at least 3′ away from each other
varieties include brandywine and purple heirloom
Broccoli:
planted 4 seeds around 5/21; will plant remainder around 6/12
area is in shadiest part of [...]
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