sweet potato harvest

 
 
I started digging my sweet potatoes this week. I only dug a small area at the back of the bed. I was pleased to find a lot of tubers, but SO much worm and grub damage. OMG. I was looking at Daphne’s sweets and they are picture perfect. I have a challenge ahead of me. I wonder if I can get my soil cleaned up for a perfect future harvest? A Clemson University Fact sheet says there are all sorts of beetle grubs and wire worms that can eat into…
 
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today’s harvest

 
 
Lettuce, bok choi and herb fennel. What do I do with all that fennel herb?! I bought is not realizing that bulb fennel and herb fennel are different.
 
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potatoes – a tiny harvest

 
 
Some things grew great this year and others, well, 🙁 didn’t. On my “didn’t” list, potatoes. I thought they were doing well until last week when I dug them. An underground crop is a mystery until you go to harvest! This spring I planted only one type of potato because in the past I’ve had so many seed tubers left over that I can’t find space for. Usually I crowd the seed, spacing them maybe 6 inches apart when 12 would be better. So I only planted my favorite, russets.…
 
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nine ears of Calico popcorn

 
 
  I was thinking my popcorn was a complete failure, but no, 9 pretty ears. Yippee! I planted it late and then didn’t water and lost most of the seedlings. I only had one row that grew well. With one row, I was surprised to get any pollination. I harvested today, even though the ears weren’t fully dried on the stalks as it looked like a chipmunk started nibbling on an ear.
 
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today’s harvest

 
 
Under the top layer of slicing tomatoes are eggplants, peppers, plum tomatoes and a couple cucumbers.
 
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just picked apples

 
 
This is my apple harvest this year. I’m so pleased. Five Liberty apples. Really tangy and crisp. I probably picked them a bit early, but they’re fantastic in a martini!
 
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Kathy Martin
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy


weeks and counting until my last spring frost

What I planted recently

Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



What I'm planting soon

April 1
peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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“I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who are no longer strangers, but friends who delight in the edible rewards offered from a garden they discovered together.” – Greg Peterson

"What can happen to a seed is a miracle."

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