Cucumber Trellis
I put this together out of some extra boards I had laying around in the garage. I planted buttercup squash just at the end of the trellis (on the left side, from... Read More
Hardening Off the Seedlings
This is exciting: we started ALL of our vegetable plants from seeds this year. This is the lot of the starters: tons of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, a couple okra, and a few... Read More
Planting Day
You can’t see them, but they’re in there. From left to right, in the very front of each three beds, we planted Golden Chard, Chioggia Beets, and Royal Chantenay Carrots.
The new garden in the front!
This took some work. Lawn soil is very, very compacted. We tilled peat moss, organic top soil (because I dug it all up with the grass), and manure into the area, and... Read More
Wider Paths
This morning we worked some composted manure, kelp meal, and our regular compost into the beds in the back yard. I think we officially have “raised beds” now – even after all... Read More
The new garden
We wanted more garden space, so here it is: right in the front yard. It is NOT easy cutting out grass. But I probably saved a summer’s worth of weeding by getting... Read More
The Garden
The garden in the back: we tilled, added peat moss, dug new raised beds, and placed straw down in the rows. The onions sprouted up from last year – they never got... Read More
More pepper seedlings
The peppers are starting to look like real plants, and most have their first set of true leaves.
Seedling Pictures
Tomatoes, broccoli, and fianlly some eggplants (in the front right). Seems like the rest of our seedlings are growing nicely – not quite as fast as the crazy tomatoes!
Giant Tomatoes!
I haven’t taken pictures for a while… mostly, things have just been slowly growing. I bought some Kelp Meal and PlanTea for the seedlings, and we have been adding them to the... Read More