Happy St Patrick’s day
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my kale seedlings BrassicaceaeKale (Brassica oleracea, Acephala Group)
sowing broccoli
Broccoli is my son’s favorite vegetable, so I keep trying to grow it. Last year I bought plants and was able to get a meal or two of crowns. I tried planting seeds in the fall, but planted too late. Growing Information:CULTURE: Broccoli requires a fertile soil with good moisture-holding capacity or irrigation. It is relatively tolerant to environmental stress. Broccoli does not generally do well in hot weather and does best as a spring or fall crop. For spring, start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost. Sow…
sowing pepper seeds
At the last minute, I found a few more varieties of pepper seeds, bought some trays and quickly planted my pepper seeds on schedule – March 15. Same date as last year. My garden is now 7-8 weeks before the last frost. Our usual last frost date here is May 5-10. I planted these five varieties of peppers. Sweet Canary Bell: (hybrid) Easy to grow, exceptional flavor, thick-walled and bright yellow color. It sets fruit early and produces throughout the summer. A vibrant accent in salads and deliciously sweet when…
my Community Garden information letter
OK. Here’s my summary from a daylight read through: – There is a new Commission overseeing the Gardens this year.– New plots are assigned at noon April 12 (not April 1 as I was told before).– All gardeners must attend Garden Clean Up Day (April 12) to remove trash and invasives in and around the Gardens. Free coffee, free seeds and information.– There is a waiting list for plots this year. (I gather this is new. I hope I am still #2.)– This year they want to make sure all…
hmmm… a letter…
I’ll have to read this over again in the daylight. Its my letter from the Garden Coordinator. Sounds like there have been some changes in policies… Garden assignments April 12 around Noon…. dues due March 28…. waiting list…. Belmont Victory Garden
turning the soil
My macro lens catches a lot of details. Here’s a zoom of my jeans and the gardening fork. I’m just sooo excited about my thawed soil.
the ground has thawed!!!!
On a whim, I brought my fork out to see how frozen the garden was. But, NO ICE! The soil is beautiful and very workable. I’m amazed. Maybe all of our snow cover kept the ground from freezing hard this year. Last year, it was frozen solid in mid March and I couldn’t do anything until early April. Well, now I’m starting to think about pea seeds…. Hhmmm. Just a row or two. Planting peas by St Patrick’s Day would be great.
a very round number
I was surprised to catch so many zeros at once. Visitor 70,000 was from Kingston, Saint Andrew. Where’s that? Jamaica! How wonderful. (I love blogging!) It seems like this visitor just stopped by for a second while googleing a term. I wonder what’s going on down in the islands…
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!
