Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
What happens in August?
Let's see...something new: we have one good-sized pepper and some summer squash coming on. The broccoli is gone, but we have spinach we can eat now, with other greens plus broccoli raab not far behind. We pulled the peas out, and a couple of cucumbers are ready to climb up the newly-empty trellis. Here and there, we are eating carrots, turnips, beets and parsnips. And a whole week of warm weather is in the forecast. Stand back....three tiny tomatoes on my porch are showing some color.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Lunch
From the garden:
* Baby candy-stripe beets
* Snow peas
* Radishes
* Endive and baby beet greens
Plus yogurt/chicken/onion/cucumber salad
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Mid-summer progress report
Our garden is providing us with food.
The beans are climbing.
The potatoes look incredible - I'm guessing we should be able to harvest small ones soon?
The broccoli heads are small, but yummy.
We've done succession plantings of most things: carrots, broccoli raab, pac choi, spinach, turnips, beets, radishes, parsnips, endive. Some from starts, some from seeds. We discovered that our long rows (the 30 ft length of the plot) were hard to manage, so we planted some of the new ones across the plot, from the edge to the path. We planted some of the more tender greens at home on our porch in pots, where we can hopefully keep a closer eye on them and have a better chance of keeping the slugs at bay. The snow peas and snap peas are still producing and have been excellent and pest-free. Leeks and parsnips have yet to be harvested, but turnips, beets and carrots have been sampled.
The beans are climbing.
The potatoes look incredible - I'm guessing we should be able to harvest small ones soon?
The broccoli heads are small, but yummy.
We've done succession plantings of most things: carrots, broccoli raab, pac choi, spinach, turnips, beets, radishes, parsnips, endive. Some from starts, some from seeds. We discovered that our long rows (the 30 ft length of the plot) were hard to manage, so we planted some of the new ones across the plot, from the edge to the path. We planted some of the more tender greens at home on our porch in pots, where we can hopefully keep a closer eye on them and have a better chance of keeping the slugs at bay. The snow peas and snap peas are still producing and have been excellent and pest-free. Leeks and parsnips have yet to be harvested, but turnips, beets and carrots have been sampled.
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