Mmmmmmm…I love Spinach!
My niece and nephew spent the afternoon at our house yesterday. One of their favorite things to do here is root around in the garden. I showed them the spinach, and which... Read More
April 15th
Just a few pictures: The Bird Food Theif Sugar Snap Peas Puck watching his garden grow
What’s Up?
There are a lot of things coming up in our yard already!
It Finally Feels like Spring!
I finally started hardening off tomatoes and peppers this week. Last year I decided to start fewer plants inside, and purchase more at the local greenhouse… but I ended up buying seeds... Read More
Coconut Fiber vs. Peat Moss
It’s that time of year again! 10 weeks until Minnesota’s average last frost. We like to put stuff out earlier than that if the weather permits. I have a lot of plans... Read More
Purple Sprouting Broccolli is Sprouting
I grew some Purple Sprouting Broccoli last year, but, just as I feared, it never made any of its famed, delicious broccoli heads. It did grow to be quite the plant. So... Read More
Here we go again…
Welcome back to VEGarden! The sun is shining and though temperatures are still in the 40s, we have hit some 60º F days – spring is just around the corner! And this... Read More
Slowly making progress
When we got out to the garden this morning, the guy who had plowed was out there with his tractor tilling for us. The ground is much more workable than it was... Read More
The next step
That’s about a third – maybe even less than a third – of our seedlings. They have become family, and I hope they all make it into the ground. (Except for the... Read More
Getting Closer…
Sunflower Seedlings I got a phone call last night with the incredible news that our new till-guy was on his way out to prepare the garden! We met him out there Tuesday... Read More
A thousand plants waiting for a home
Here’s a picture of our dining plant room. It rarely looks the same two days in a row, with all the repotting and shifting of plants from the greenhouse and back to... Read More