Fall, cooler weather, and new plants… The pumpkins have started coming in! With all the gourds, pumpkins, mini pumpkins, and corn stalks, we are feeling all the fall vibes. I planted some giant spinach from the seeds I harvested from the plants that had gone to seed a couple of weeks ago and the spinach… Read More Garden Update 9/25/18
We have been traveling a ton these last few weeks. Between trips I have picked a few things I wanted to get logged in the tally. I haven’t even looked at the garden since we got in late last night so this post is mostly just a record and I will work on a more… Read More Garden Update 8/20/18
This harvest includes the first tomato of the season! For northern gardeners who don’t have greenhouses, this is a great milestone! Also the first red hot pepper of the season. Pretty cool stuff. Both of these warmer weather crops were harvested at the community garden, rather than the home garden though. It gets so much… Read More Garden Update 7/30/18
The harvest is starting to come in for this garden update. Hopefully my cost per pound of organic produce will drop drastically over the next few weeks. Outside… Everything is growing fairly well. The peas and tomatoes are getting quite tall. The deer unfortunately found my flower beds and had a nice snack. … Read More Garden Update 7/16/18
Memorial Day where I live really starts the garden season in full swing. Pretty much everything that hasn’t already been planted gets planted by the first of June. So it is definitely time to get those last minute things in the ground. My deck is loaded with plants still to plant. Many are flowers, but… Read More Garden Update 5/29/18
Yeah, I told you I would keep you posted. I totally didn’t eat the over-wintered beets. I was worried that something might be wrong with them. I probably should have. I’ll bet they were fine. So, sorry about that. I will stick to trying to eat all the beets in the season in which they… Read More Over-Wintering Beets
Well…things have changed. I am working in the church garden, but NOT the community garden. Hubby and I decided that that would be just a bit too much especially with the traveling we wanted to do this summer. We made a great decision. I would have been overwhelmed. We just returned from our 2 weeks… Read More Gardening Update – July 20, 2012
Well, there it is folks. The big field at the church garden. This is the empty (and intimidating -it’s so huge when you are hand planting) field. After a few hours today we have four long rows now planted out in potatoes, two in sweet corn, and three with a mix of carrots, beets, bush… Read More Church Garden – The Empty Intimidating Field
It is almost that time…the true planting date for our area! This quick reference frost chart gives you a pretty good idea of when that will be in some major U.S. cities. Our date is May 10 according to the chart. That’s an average, remember. But it is a pretty close guess. In the Boise,… Read More Garden Update and What is Coming Up Next
The tomatoes, as noted in the last post, were turning into giants. And, I think, flaring my allergies. So I have taken all of the large ones out to the garage and will begin to harden them off. This is a process where you put them outside during the day and bring them in at… Read More Garden Update + Using Walls of Water with Tomato Cages