Blogging Season Begins

It is March 16th, and apparently in Minnesota this means that tomorrow is planting day. We’ve had an unseasonably warm winter – and unfortunately, unusually dry as well. Little snow mixed with...
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Carrots & Onions

We’ve spent much of the weekend outside, working on cleaning up the yard and garden before it snows. I finally picked all of the carrots and onions, and they are stored for...
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Potatoes

Now that it’s November, we’ve actually been gardening. Actually, Chris dug up his potatoes the other week, and they are stored for the winter in our crawl space under the steps/pantry. There...
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Carrots

The carrots are ready! Just in time for my kitchen remodel, too. Fortunately, I should be able leave these in the ground until it freezes and they will keep on growing, and...
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Carrots

We haven’t been very good about updating this weblog recently. Something to do with the end-of-the-season-nearing lack of motivation, I guess. Anyway, here are a bunch of carrots that Chris picked from...
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Carrots

Royal Chantenay Carrots The carrots in the front yard are looking good – they’re about 3/4” in diameter at the top. We piled some lake muck over them to protect them from...
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