cheers to the March larder
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After checking on the produce left from last years garden, I enjoyed a martini with a thin slice of crisp white celeriac and winter radish. Ahhh….
what’s left in my larder?
The other day I went down to check…. Let’s see. I have a small refrigerator in the basement that I filled last fall with fresh garden beets, celeriac, winter radish and cabbage. I’ve been grabbing a few from the top as I need them, but it was time for checking the bottom of the bags. The cabbage was in need of composting. But the rest has stored great. I took everything out of the baggies, washed, removed spots that didn’t so look good, and repacked in fresh baggies. I amazed…
fences: what works best for garden plots?
I like the looks of all the different fences in our community garden, though many are worse for the wear after the winter. Since we will be adding a bunch of new plots, the question comes up of how to fence these. – Leave it to each gardener – Town fences the plots with standard fencing – Town provides fence materials to gardeners A fence to surround a 20 x 20 ft plot gets to be expensive. Five ft tall fencing costs at least $50 for a 50 ft roll…
Bill Gates on agricultural biotechnology
Bill Gates has been doing some reading on farming. On his blog, he’s recommending the book “Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food” by Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak. “By the year 2050, Earth’s population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of environmental degradation. Clearly, there must be a better way to meet the need for increased…
community garden planning
Our Community Garden Planning is starting up. It looks like our Work and Plot Assignment Day will be April 10th. Mark your calender if you have a plot at the BVG! We have an enormous waiting list this year – 80 so far. Too bad there isn’t space for everyone who wants to grow their own food. The good news is we likely will have at least several additional new pots this year in an area the town has newly cleared.
more sweet potato info
Donald and CJ have great advice on growing sweet slips, so I am posting their comments here so I can find them more easily. I grew these for a few years at my Community Garden Plot in Hamilton Ont. Its a bit cooler here than Boston. To grow the slips, I put three tooth picks in the sweet potato and suspend them in a canning jar full of water. 1 ft slips are ideal. After the slips are 1 ft, put them in the canning jar to root. Space them…
sweet potato sprouts
I’m using my Christmas martini picks to support sweet potatoes in water glasses. They’re sprouting well. They grow slowly, so I’m glad I’ve started early. They are supposed to be a foot tall before planting out in May.
spring flowers!
A yard down the street from me has a front yard that fills with early spring flowers every year. These are always the first bulbs to bloom. Crocuses and snowdrops on a south facing slope. How wonderful!
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!
