Finally! I have had a successful harvest in this difficult year.
On Monday, I left work a little early to head over to the farm and dig my potato plants. They had been hit relatively hard by blight, so I was expecting a pretty sorry harvest, but I pulled up what was the most satisfiying, exciting [...]
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Victory!
Posted in Gardening, Veggies, Victories! on August 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Ooof!
Posted in Gardening, bad stuff on August 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Wow…another post about a pest, of sorts. Though this, like blight, is actually another plant disease.
Here at my house my roommates and I have a small, messy garden. I say messy because we crammed a lot of plants into a small space and they are doing aggressively well. Certainly not a terrible problem to have, [...]
First Harvest
Posted in Bugs, Gardening, what's growing? on July 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Pitifully small and shockingly late, I had my first harvest yesterday. I picked two small 8-ball zuchinnis which were promptly sauteed in a little olive oil and happily eaten. They were excellent- I do love that variety so very much.
Things are finally turning into summer around here, though we are still having 60s in the [...]
I actually DO have a garden!
Posted in Gardening on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I swear! I know I’ve been terribly, terribly remiss about posting here, but that’s all going to change right now.
The little plot at my CSA is coming along very nicely. I’ve got almost everything planted.
Here’s what I’ve put in over the last few weeks:
2 Varieties of fingerling potatoes (Russian Bananna and French Fingerling)- These are [...]
My first crop
Posted in Gardening, Hmmm..., Veggies on April 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I planted my first crop of the year today, and it’s an experiment: Okra!
I LOVE Okra. Well, I should say that I love fried Okra. There aren’t really many other ways that I like it, though a few pieces in a little gumbo never hurt me. You can occasionally find it up here, but it [...]
I have a garden!
Posted in Gardening, Victories! on April 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Hooray! I confirmed this weekend that I will have a garden! My CSA is letting me have a plot for myself, so I’m thrilled to be able to have something to post about again.
The location is at the top of a hill, so the drainage will be excellent. I haven’t actually been out to dig [...]
The Obama’s are planting a garden!
Posted in Gardening, Govt., Victories! on March 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is very, very exciting!!
From the good people at Kitchen Gardeners International and Eat The View:
“Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden”
On Friday, March 20th, 2009, 23 third graders will join First Lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn of the White House to break ground on an 1100 square foot kitchen garden that will provide [...]
The seeds are off!
Posted in Gardening, Lucky finds, Veggies on November 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »
OK, Howling Hill! I’m sorry to say that I missed my two week deadline by 1 day, but I did finally mail the seeds off today at lunch.
Here’s what I took:
1 complete packet of Dill
1 complete bag of Cannelinni beans
And then about 20 seeeds each of:
Okra
Kandy King Corn
Black Turtle Beans
Here’s what I put in:
A big [...]
Seed Swap
Posted in Gardening, Local Sources on November 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
There were TWO very exciting packages awaiting me in the mailbox this morning. (Two? How did I get so lucky?)
The first was three heads of Garlic that I ordered from Seeds of Change. I now have all of my garlic that I’m going to plant. I just need to…plant it. Tomorrow is the day, unless [...]
First Frost
Posted in Gardening, Weather, what's growing? on October 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
When we got up this morning, there was a thick layer of frost on our cars. This wasn’t a little rinky-dink frost either, the grass sounded like I was walking on broken glass. It’s our first one we’ve had so far, though there have been other frosts very close by. We live on a little [...]
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