Chioggia Beets
I pulled five beets from the garden (in the front yard) this morning. They are fairly large, and the rest still have some growing to do. It took about 64 days for... Read More
Front Garden: July 2
Tomatoes, Chard, Sunflowers, Peppers, Beets, Eggplant, and carrots
Officially Planted!
Well, mostly. Everything except about 20 eggplant seedlings, which are either going in containers or replacing the broccoli raab that we’re about to harvest. Containers would be best, because then we could... Read More
Radish Sprouts
Chris and I are on the path to becomming “gardeners.” There’s not much to be done right now though: we’re just starting to see lots of little sprouts; we’re still hardening off... 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