Skippy’s vegetable garden

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A couple of shots of my garden. Everything is growing like crazy. The pink rose on the fence, Dorothy Perkins, is at its peak. All of my spring veggies are producing well: The peas are ripe. Lettuce is delicious. I’m also adding cilantro, arugula, parsley, dill and garlic shoots to out salads. I see from this photo that its getting a little yellowish so I’ll fertilize today. I want to make sure the summer veggies ripen soon. aerial views of my home vegetable garden
 
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view from above

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Today was a spectacular gardening day! I planted seeds for sugar snap peas, beets, chard, kale and cilantro. I’m guessing my soil temperature is now about 45-50F. I potted up six new begonia tubers and put the pots out in a warm spot where my sprinkler will reach. I took this aerial picture of my garden with my new camera – an SLR digital: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi with an EF-S 17-85MM f4-5.6 IS USM lens. I’m very happy that it has a wider view than my previous camera.…
 
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garden series

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These are aerial views of my garden taken one per month, between May 2006 and April 2007. It makes me notice how short the growing season is: 4 months, July to October. I’d like to have more crops producing in May and November to extend the season. Note added: I remember that I started my garden planting very late last year because it rained (poured) from about April 15 to May 15. I lost 90% of my beets and onions seedlings because of this. And now this April is very…
 
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impatient

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Today I put a layer of black plastic on my pea bed, trying to warm up the soil temperature. (Lilymarlene, who has a great plot in the UK, suggested I try this.) I had to break up big clumps of frozen dirt to put my irrigation lines into place and smooth the soil. The soil temperature is still reading about 36F. I may be trying the impossible here, by thinking the soil will be 50F by April 15. It seems like my garden may be frozen forever… Our air temps…
 
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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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