Garden Preparation: Part 2
Two weeks later we finished spreading the compost and tilling the garden. Jessi’s half is on the left; Chris’s half is on the right. Let the games begin!
Garden Preparation: Part 1
One long weekend, sunshine, and several shovels full of dirt turned the giant mounds of compost pictured in my last post into this: We actually expanded the garden a bit this year,... Read More
Three weeks and counting…
I went on vacation and the garden became a bit… neglected. It was actually hard to tell where the weeds ended and the vegetables started. Unfortunately, just about zero three sisters (corn,... Read More
A long weekend
If my counting is correct, we got in 280 tomato plants and 300 brassicas this weekend. We still have eggplants, peppers, and okra transplants to put in. The southeast corner of the... 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
Flowering Black Eggplant
Here’s what an eggplant flower looks like. Our eggplants are loaded with flowers and buds; right now, they look like one of the most promising plants we put in! The potted eggplants... Read More
The new garden in the front!
This took some work. Lawn soil is very, very compacted. We tilled peat moss, organic top soil (because I dug it all up with the grass), and manure into the area, and... Read More
Wider Paths
This morning we worked some composted manure, kelp meal, and our regular compost into the beds in the back yard. I think we officially have “raised beds” now – even after all... Read More
The new garden
We wanted more garden space, so here it is: right in the front yard. It is NOT easy cutting out grass. But I probably saved a summer’s worth of weeding by getting... Read More
The Garden
The garden in the back: we tilled, added peat moss, dug new raised beds, and placed straw down in the rows. The onions sprouted up from last year – they never got... Read More