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Food Garden Planting Schedule 8 Feb 2010 | 11:49 am
Housebound after a 2 foot snowfall, I took some time today to make a spring planting schedule. It took a literal "snowed in" status to get me to sit down and finally do this. Each year, for the last s...
Snow days are for garden planning 31 Jan 2010 | 08:36 am
It's a perfect January day today -- snowy and cold! I am sitting inside by the window, thoroughly entertained by the 10 cardinals and other various birds clamoring for the feeders out back. With a vi...
Untitled 7 Dec 2009 | 09:35 am
Here's a look at what I picked from the garden on Thanksgiving day: beets, kale, and leeks. We used the beets and leeks in our Thanksgiving meal and the kale for another dish. I have a good crop of l...
Tomatoes for dinner 12 Aug 2009 | 10:33 am
Here's a look at the latest treats from our garden. The first peppers are coming in now, and we've been trying to keep up with a bumper crop of heirloom tomatoes. I know, what a problem to have, right...
Eggplants coming along 1 Aug 2009 | 10:28 am
I have at least 5 eggplants that are plumping up now. So far, this is my best success with eggplant -- ever. The variety I'm trying out is 'Black Beauty,' which can grow fruits 8-10 inches long, 1-3 p...
New use for that old pickup truck 1 Aug 2009 | 01:44 am
Too bad we traded in the old pickup truck. We could have grown food in it! Check out this video about the Truck Farm. Fun idea. Inspirational. And I love the singing. "...The arugula grows, the basil ...
Beans, tomatoes, beets & brussels 22 Jul 2009 | 08:46 am
We've eaten a lot of beans from the garden over the last month. Wax beans, green beans, purple beans -- we've had them by the colander full. My favorite way to eat fresh beans is in salads with a sim...
Growing Eggplant 24 Jun 2009 | 11:23 pm
One of the things I'm most looking forward to from my garden this summer is eggplant. We tried growing eggplant at the community garden several years ago, but we were terribly unsuccessful with it. At...
Fresh pea soup 15 Jun 2009 | 06:43 am
Have you ever eaten fresh pea soup? Prior to this latest experiment with my garden produce, I'd only ever had the kind made with dried peas and ham. Good as grandma's dried pea soup was--and, boy, it ...
Plant diversity and benficial insects 6 Jun 2009 | 10:55 am
Chervil flowers attract beneficial insects Last night I attended a talk on plant diversity and its influence on beneficial insects, presented by University of Maryland's Dr. Paula Shrewsbury at our m...
