Egyptian walking onions

 
 
I was given a single perennial walking onion three years ago. I planted it, then didn’t pay much attention as I didn’t really know what to do with them. The onions didn’t have a specific time when the needed to be harvested and they had these funny topsets bulbs. But I’ve gradually become braver and have been pulling up a few plants now and then. They look like scallions or bunching onions, but the flavor is unique and pungent – similar to a shallot. They tend to disintegrate with cooking,…
 
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wet and rainy

 
 
For the past 2 weeks we have had rainy, damp, cool and cloudy weather. My front lawn is growing mushrooms. These photos are from last week (taken with my waterproof camera), but the garden still looks the same – wet. Its great for the fall crops. I’ve been waiting for a dry day to work my garlic bed. Last Friday was dry, and I got time to plant my cold frame. Then we had a dry day on Monday and i was able to spread a few nice wheelbarrows full…
 
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getting the cold frame ready for winter

 
 
Friday, I transplanted my winter seedlings to my cold frame. Before transplanting, I removed the cucumber vines and eggplants that were in the frame over the summer. I picked lots of cucumbers and a few eggplants, then pulled out the eggplants and pushed the cucumber vines to the back. There is still a big tomato plant growing in the frame and some herbs (rosemary, oregano, parsley and basil). The seedlings I transplanted are all greens: lettuce, spinach, escarole, bok choy, etc. I’d like them to grow to harvest size over…
 
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sweet sweet

 
 
I dug up a big ol’ sweet potater today! I’m holding off on digging the bed ’til after a frost kills the plants back. But its not like a bed of squash where you know what’s growing, what you’re waiting for. I’ve stuck a fork in the ground a couple times in the last month to see if I find anything and both times i found teeny little sweet potatoes. Third time today, and I found a giant! It looks like a white fleshed sweet potato. Just over a foot…
 
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bok choy varieties

 
 
Bok choy, Win-Win Choi Bok choy, Mei Qing Choi I have finally found a really great bok choi variety. Win-Win Choi is sooooo good! It looks beautiful in my garden and is fantastic stir-fried with garlic, ginger. One of my favorite vegetables! I haven’t tried my Mei Qing Choi yet. It seems maybe its taking longer to mature and doesn’t have the nice white stems. I am looking forward to trying it. Other varieties I have tried have bolted fast, or have been too cabbagy. I may fill my garden…
 
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watching lettuce grow

 
 
Ready for harvest – September 26, 2012 September 7, 2012 August 23, 2012 July 22, 2012 I took a series of photos of one of my lettuce beds. It is planted with Endive Dubuisson and Butterhead Green Ermosa. The bed is full now and we are enjoying them in salads. I pick the biggest or most crowded ones first and let the others grow.
 
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lettuce varieties

 
 
I wanted to record photos of the lettuce varieties I am growing this fall. They are a nice mix of colors. All except the Simpson did well with the summer heat. The Simpson bolted and I had to harvest it before the head was full. I think the Skyphos has grown the slowest, maybe because it was under the squash leaves when it was small. I think it may also be the prettiest. Butterhead Green Ermosa Butterhead Red Skyphos Red Summer Crisp Teide and Black Seeded Simpson Green Summer Crisp…
 
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i’ve got mail

 
 
There’s been a field mouse in my garden mailbox for a couple years now. I looked in today and seems he is gathering extra fluff for the winter.
 
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the meadow

 
 
This is the meadow next to our community gardens. Its been overcast and rainy the past couple days. The late fall wildflowers are blooming and the leaves are starting to show a little fall color in places. There’s a big tree at the left of the meadow photo that came down in a windstorm last week. The meadow was mowed about a month ago. It was waist high and just filled with flowers before that. Mostly tansy and milkweed. Some asters, goldenrod, Joe Pye weed and wild garlic. Every year…
 
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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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thyme, lettuce, escarole

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celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

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cabbage, kale, arugula



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peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

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tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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