November 8, 2006

not much green is left

Its a dark, wet November day. Yesterday I moved all my lettuce plants together into one little patch. The patch has several types of lettuce, endive, a bit of dill and some chard. Now I have less to cover up on cold nights. Yesterday I also cleaned out my remaining tender garden plants. The compost bin is quite full with memories of the summer season. Lactuca sativa my bins and systems for composting compost

November 7, 2006

still more garden tomatoes

I haven’t bought a tomato since the end of July! Looks like my 18 tomato plants produced 4 months of tomatoes. At two a night, that’s alot of tomatoes. I’ve almost forgotten what the styrofoam grocery store tomatoes taste like. Last night we ate a nice yellow Brandywine that I picked green a month ago. I am surprised at how many of my green tomatoes, picked October 13, have ripened. The box was full then of mostly green tomatoes. Only a dozen are still green. Though I was planning to…

November 6, 2006

soil test results

My soil test results came back. (Fast!) I can take it easy next year. All I need to add is nitrogen. Everything else is pretty high. I guess my organic matter is very high at 12.5% (4-10% is optimum). I don’t even need to add lime. Details: pH 6.6, buffer pH 6.7, nitrogen 22 ppm, organic matter 12.5%, phosphorus 33 ppm, poatssium 263 ppm, calcium 2292 ppm, magnesium 231 ppm, cation exchange capacity 21.5 Meq/100g, % base saturation K 4% Mg 11.2% Ca 67.4%, micronutrient levels all normal, lead (estimated…

November 3, 2006

carrots

Yum! Its carrot season. I harvest a few a day and we munch on them raw before dinner. I probably still have a million out there in the dirt. I am going to see how they overwinter. I have read that carrots will keep in the garden until used without splits or loss of flavor. I’d like to mulch with some hay, if I can find a bale. Preferably salt marsh hay. FYI: These are Red Core Chantenay carrots (Daucus carota var. sativus), a common home garden carrot variety since…

November 3, 2006

my garden

aerial views of my home vegetable garden

October 31, 2006

boo!

This isn’t my garden, but it’s a nice one.

October 27, 2006

marigolds: what’s not to like

Tagetes erecta (African marigold) and Tagetes patula (French marigold) – they may be one of my favorite flowers (one of about 8,000). I just love the smell of them. To me it is very strong. A bitter, pungent, distinctive smell. It goes great with the smell of tomato plants. The only thing I dislike is too many of them in one place.

October 27, 2006

still growing

No frost last night. We went down to 35 degree F.

October 27, 2006

vegetable garden view

I took this picture at dusk after I’d covered everything for a cold night. aerial views of my home vegetable garden

October 24, 2006

soil sample and winter rye

I mailed out a soil sample from my vegetable garden today for pH, nutrient, heavy metal and organic matter testing. I’m really interested to see how far off the nutrients are. Too much phoshate and low pH, I’m guessing. I also have a photo here of my winter rye sprouts. They’re coming up fast. topic: soil test

weeks and counting until my last spring frost

not much green is left

still more garden tomatoes

soil test results

carrots

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boo!

marigolds: what’s not to like

still growing

vegetable garden view

soil sample and winter rye

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