my plot
On Saturday, I spent most of the day gardening at my community plot. It was warm and overcast. With a week of rain arriving the next day, it was a perfect day to transplant seedlings and plant carrot seeds. Skippy hung out under the lilac tree and I: – finished preparing the soil in the last 3 beds – weeded the garlic – spread salt hay in the rest of my paths – planted 3 types of carrots seeds: Mokum, Kyoto Red, and Bolero – transplanted a perennial flower called…
oak leaves and garden plans
Its an old saying I remember reading: “Plant corn when the oak leaves are a big as squirrels ears.” My guess is this weekend will be perfect timing for planting corn. A couple months ago my son asked me to plant popcorn again this year. I had decided I didn’t have enough room and hadn’t set aside space for popcorn. But I’m not one to refuse a gardening request. So I revised my plan (below) to make room for corn. In addition to the added popcorn, when I went to…
garden work
I have been trying to keep up with the season. There is so much to do in the garden in the spring. I have spent a few afternoons at my plot this week – soaking up the sun and working hard. Asparagus harvest: I picked my first asparagus ever yesterday. I couldn’t believe how sweet it is! Only half of my harvest made it home. It is so sweet to nibble on! The rest was super sauteed with thyme. Compost pile: I moved last year’s pile to the other side…
Fenway community gardens
I wandered through the Fenway Victory gardens in Boston during their Open Gardens Day last weekend. Beautiful! They have wonderful spring bulbs, rock pathways, birds, and roses on arched gates. I now have many new ideas for my garden. They have a several community designated plots. One is full of wheelbarrows of different sorts for gardeners to use. Another has several large planting beds for seedlings and divisions gardeners want to share. They also are beginning a demonstration garden to show ow to build raised beds and grow vegetables. All…
new seeds
I got a few new seeds on vacation in Europe. The little nasturtiums look very sweet on the package photo. The pumpkins look nice too – Bright orange with nice ribs. I was reading through the German on the back of the pumpkin package and mentioned to my son – gee, they get to be 70 kg. How big is that? He paused and looked at me, then to make sure he heard right, he asked again. Yes, 70 kg I said. Well, Mom, that’s more than 150 lbs. Hmm.…
a year of vegetable garden photos
April 31 and April 9, 2011 March 20 and February 1, 2011 Jan 12, 2011 and December 24, 2010 November 21 and October 6, 2010 August 28 and August 5, 2010 May 30 and April 22, 2010 As my garden starts to take shape for another season, I looked back on last year’s photos. The garden was very shady last year (that backyard tree just keeps growing!) and I had all my tomatoes, potatoes and peppers at home following the late blight the previous summer. Not good crops for partial…
my side yard vegetable garden
I continued today with working on cleaning up my side yard garden. The rose on the fence always need a lot of trimming in the spring. I’m gradually clearing old leaves and last year’s vegetable debris from the beds. Also removing weeds. The dandelions are especially vigorous this year.
open garden at fenway
A late posting, but this sounds fun. There will be an Open Garden today at the Fenway Victory Gardens. Brochure is here. I’m on my way over there! There are also Emerald Necklace Conservancy Ribbon cutting events at the Fenway today (link for info).
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
My garden this week
Skippy’s vegetable of the month – Egyptian walking onions!
