This morning I doused all the plants with "manure tea", with thanks to my helper on the other side of the fence. I pruned the suckers off the tomatoes and planted some more marigold seeds. The broccoli is noticeably bigger, and so are the kale pla ...
Here are some shots Tim took of the garden from the rooftop. The first from above the garage looking down, and another from the barn roof looking at the entire yard--the only thing not seen is the "three sisters" over on the northwest corner behind t ...
Photos taken yesterday & today, in the rain. In a few weeks I should do a similar set for comparison!Tier 1Peas (snow and sugar), cucumbers (lemon and japanese burpless), radishes, rutabegas (6 of them), calendulaTier 2Peppers, onions, garlic (c ...
Tim completed the bed for the Three Sisters (corn, pole beans, squash), and I planted it this morning before it began to rain. We have found a few different suggestions about how to plant this combination, so we're experimenting with a few different ...
I got a book from the library I've just begun to read: "The $64 Tomato" by William Alexander. Just the premise of the book sounds funny! After all that this guy went through to plant his garden, he estimates that each tomato he brings in cost him $6 ...
One of the books I've been reading suggested planting celery & leeks in a row together, alternating every other one, in a trench to be filled in as they grow, to blanch the bottoms. I planted them this way, along the front side of one of the tom ...
This morning Tim took some time off work to get out in the yard, and got the beds done for the strawberries. I got them planted in the afternoon, all in nice little mounds, one for each plant. I bought roots, two varieties. There's about 40 plants. ...
Yahoo...we finally got the tomatoes planted. It's exciting to see everything coming together. Tim got out early to construct the trellis for the tall indeterminite plants (Brandywine and Sugar Sweetie), and we got those all planted (18 of them) in ...
We've been letting the cats out lately during the day, especially when we are working outside. They like coming outside, and Bayou is getting more and more brave, exploring new territory. She likes to visit me while I'm working in the garden and meo ...
Officially, the last average frost date is something like May 10th, but apparently many people around here consider it to be more like the 15th. At any rate, we've been plodding along doing what we can between bad weather days earlier in the month, ...