Fall To-Do List

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Garlic

Garlic

We love garlic.  And when I say we love garlic I mean, we really love garlic.  We add to it to most things, whether fresh and chopped or dried and ground.  Tool Lady especially loves it roasted and smeared on crusty bread, I just love it with my chile.For the past couple of years we have simply taken some garlic…
November 7, 2012
Pull it Out, Clean it Up

Pull it Out, Clean it Up

I have a love/hate relationship with this time of year.  The cool, crisp mornings make for the perfect temperature in which to enjoy tea on the back porch, easy sleeping throughout the night and more comfortable days without air conditioning (I work in a historic, adobe building).  Such temperatures also mean, however, that the garden is beginning to take on…
August 31, 2012
Sowing Fall Seeds

Sowing Fall Seeds

While it always feels funny to me to start fall crops in the middle of summer, I am learning the importance of giving them the opportunity to get their roots under them well before the temperature drops. This will be our third fall and winter during which we will attempt to continue to grow some veggies while the temperatures drop…
July 25, 2012
Fall & Winter Crops – 2011/2012

Fall & Winter Crops – 2011/2012

Alright, I've finally planted out both of the raised beds in the front yard.  Here's what we've planted and are hoping to harvest throughout the winter and into next spring.4X5 bed.  In order of rows sown, back to front, succession plantings sown early August through early October.BroccoliCarrotsKaleCarrotsKaleBeetsCarrotsSpinachCarrotsBeetsMixed LettuceBeetsKale and Spinach4X6 bed.  In order of rows sown, back to front, all…
October 18, 2011
Tomatoes!

Tomatoes!

Last Wednesday, with freezing temperatures in the forecast and our weekend trip planned, Tool Lady and I decided it would probably be best to pull everything out of our 4X6 raised bed.  What exactly did "everything" include?Well, 12 tomato plants, 2 lemon cucumber vines, 2 basil plants, a bell pepper plant, 2 jalapeno plants and a bunch of strangled carrots.…
October 12, 2011
The Urban Farm Fall To-Do List

The Urban Farm Fall To-Do List

So, the summer veggies are in swift decline, the weather man is teasing us with "chilly weather" ahead and my Fall To-Do List just keeps growing and growing.Clear the Beds - Tomatoes, carrots, beans, potatoes, corn, cucumbers, bell peppers and jalapenos all still need to come out of their beds.  The problem is, a lot of it is still producing…
October 4, 2011