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
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
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!
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... Read More
Update your blog, pretty peas?
Sorry about that. We grew a lot of stuff, took some pictures, posted them on the Internet … and then during prime picking and eating season, our kitchen was completely gutted and... Read More
New Compost Bin
Last weekend I was getting kind of sick of our composting system (piling up compost behind the garden and blocking it off with skids so that Puck won’t eat it), and so... Read More