lots of carrots

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I have been pulling alot of carrots this past week. They are ripening fast. I planted three varieties this year. In the top photo, Mokum is the bunch of five or so on the left, Oxheart is the two fat ones in the middle (also the sliced ones in the second photo with the giant cores), and two Coreless Amsterdam are at the right. Mokum is an early variety that has been really nice. I recommend it and will plant it again next year. Nicely shaped bright orange roots. Gretta,…
 
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Asian white pole beans

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A real treat! My husband brought home these beautiful green beans yesterday. A colleague of his shared them with us. He grew them in his garden. I don’t know the name of the variety, but these beans are really delicious. Very firm and crispy, with a tart lemony flavor. The shape and pale green color of these very long beans is really lovely. I just cooked them the way I usually cook beans, but I’m hoping to find a Chinese recipe for them. I am very excited that the gardener…
 
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my first potato harvest

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I dug my first first potatoes today. I have a very large patch devoted to potatoes this year. About 5 x 15 feet. I am happy it seems successful so far. The plants grew nicely, flowered, and then this past week or so they started to die back. With all the rain, they got soggy (rotten stems, etc), and so today I chopped off all the stems and cleared the patch. Before and after photos are above. I pulled a handful of potatoes that were up near the surface. Some…
 
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soggy garden

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All right, already with the rain! My garden has had plenty of water. Turn off the faucet. My rain gauge says I got 2.5 inches of water in the past 2 days. This has been going on for at least a week now. We get these incredible thunderstorms about 3 or 4 times a days. Today I was lucky to squeeze in a dry 1.5 hour visit to the plot to work. I ran into the house as the next downpour started. (Fortunately, I checked interactive radar weather site before…
 
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grilled favas

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We have been eating the young beans whole and shelling the older ones. Marinate in oil, garlic and herbs. Then grill. Delicious!
 
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one of my favorite gardens

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Not my garden, but I wish it was. I’m taking pointers from watching this gardener. Well spaced plants. Lots of soil covers. Beautiful varieties – great big dill, big purple eggplants…. And I LOVE the blue door. I’m always thinking of what to do with may garden next year, and here are definitely some ideas.Belmont Victory Garden
 
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melons and winter squashes setting fruit

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I am having fun watching for baby melons. These are now setting fruit. I have heard that I should remove all but two fruits of the larger varieties. The fruits above are large watermelon, Delicata squash, a large-fruited bottle gourd, Baby Pam pumpkin, Lakota squash and finally a Big Rock pumpkin. The male flowers below are watermelon, a Big Rock pumpkin flower and a couple of bottle gourd flowers. The white gourds blossoms seem to open in the evening and the yellow melon and orange squashes in the morning. I…
 
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grape arbor

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My grape vines have lots of fruit now. Unfortunately, I don’t prune these, so we don’t get edible grapes. I think, because too many clusters form, none of them fully ripen before falling off. (Does this make sense?) I don’t tend them because don’t like the taste of them. The variety is Catawba. However, the birds love them, especially the cardinals. And the vines make a nice shaded area above the grill on my patio. From Johnson Nursery: The Catawba grape dates back to the early 1800’s being found along…
 
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harvest

 
 
This is what I brought home from the garden yesterday. Needless to say, we are eating a lot of squash these days….Cucurbita pepo (squash)
 
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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

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Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



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April 1
peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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