Yellow Finch
One of the many reasons I love to grow sunflowers 🙂
4th of July Garden Plans
Here’s a fun little graphic: (That’s the CBS 7-day forecast for Minneapolis) But, but…I have the day off and I have garden plans! The heat index will likely be close to 110º today with... Read More
Leaps and Bounds
We went out of town for the weekend, and came home to incredible growth. Lots of heat, lots of rain – and lots of weeds. So far, my tomato spirals are working... Read More
Sunny days
A view of the garden from the deck: Nothing too exciting to report. We started picking peas last week – I put them in on March 17th, so they took 83 days... Read More
Garden Pictures
Just a few pictures from June 3rd. Red Bell Peppers: Cole Crops (cabbage, broccoli, brussels, cauliflower): Sweet Corn: The Garden, June 3rd: The strawberries are done for the spring, but... Read More
Lettuce Update
Our lettuce did really well this year. Pictures don’t really showcase it as well as a stroll through the garden does, but we have about 7 supermarket-sized bunches of green romaine lettuce... Read More
5″ of rain in 24 hours
While a nice downpour is always welcome, torrential rains like this tend to do more harm than good. We had a rainy July last year, and my uncle’s farm took quite a... Read More
Yard Long Red Noodle Beans
We got nearly 2.5″ of rain last night. Most everything is off to a pretty good start. I have two more succession plantings of corn to put in, and also some bush... Read More
Growing Season
Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant… Corn and Bean seeds are all neatly tucked in. I even picked up some virginia peanuts at 101 Market on a whim…I’ll post more about those later. We’ve never... Read More
Romaine Lettuce
It’s not quite as (ridiculously) prolific as our spinach – but the lettuce is also off to a good start. This is green romaine; I planted red romaine as well, which is... Read More
