Dog Days

Puck enjoys the garden more than we do some days. Here is a video of him munching on some snap peas. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo08i4htAiQ[/youtube] Unfortunately, the peas are now done for the season and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Comfrey

If you’re looking for an easy and attractive plant to grow, give comfrey a try! In the picture, the comfrey is the large, dark-leaved plant.  The plant in front to the right...
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