my first vegetable sprouts!!!
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The kale and escarole in my indoor trays have sprouted already. Yipppeee. Its only been 4 days since sowing. (Photos later.) BrassicaceaeKale (Brassica oleracea, Acephala Group)
sprouts around the yard
I checked around my yard this morning to sees what’s up. It looks like its almost time to rake off my covering of last fall’s leaves so the spring bulbs can grow. From the top: snow drops, hellebore, daffodil, crocus, sedum “Autumn Joy” and bleeding heart.
new community garden
This is a new community garden in Cambridge. It looks so neat and bare. I’m wondering what it will look like with active gardens. Skippy and I walk by here often to check for activity. None yet. communitygardening
dream big
… another sure sign of spring is when silly little Easter decorations show up in the stores. sure signs of spring
seed trays!
Ahhh. Such a beautiful day. The sun is so bright. I got a tray of seeds planted and I hope they are comfortable and warm down there. I planted yellow sweet spanish onions (4 trays), red russian, winterbor and tuscan kale (1 tray each), and blonde escarole (1 tray). Check out my nice dark table cover. Someone suggested this would keep the trays warmer than the white I originally used. I think it looks nicer. And anything for happier seedlings.
new CSA farm blog
A new blog! Its about the CSA farm around the corner from my garden: Belmont CSA News. Its very exciting to be able to read updates on what’s happening down on the farm. And maybe I’ll find some time to help Gretta out sometime. I can’t imagine how much work it is to single-handedly run a CSA farm.The CSA farm with its snow covered fields in the March twilight. CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
pussy willows
My first spring buds/flowers? – catkins of Salix caprea or pussy willows. These are in my backyard.
gardening challenges
A challenge called The Growing Challenge is being hosted by the blog Elements in Time. Its rules are: To grow a new fruit of vegetable this year that you’ve haven’t grown before. And to grow this from seed. So, I was wondering what am I growing that’s new this year? This year’s new veggies:Tomatoes (I haven’t grown these from seed in about 15 years, and I have several varieties I’ve never seen before)Parsnips “Cobham Improved Marrow”Onions “White Portugal” and “Yellow Sweet Spanish”Round Black Spanish Radish (I tried these last year,…
grow plants, grow!
Notice the condensation inside these bottles. Its nice and warm in there! Today I have exciting plans! I’d like to find another 4 or 5 plastic bottles and start seeds for broccoli, a couple types of lettuce, endive and arugula. Well, maybe not so exciting, but its almost like gardening. winterplanting
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!
