I missed last weeks Harvest Monday due to computer glitches and a crazy schedule. It’s OK though, because there really wasn’t much to report. This week, however, I’m back in the saddle 🙂 This week we harvested: 15 oz of Kale 1 oz of mint 1 pound of Garlic The…
Massive, over-wintered spinach (in one of the now uncovered wagons) The massive spinach is now starting to go to seed…finally! Baby spinach in a pot on the front porch to replace the massive spinach once I pull it all out 🙂 Here we have lettuce and arugula which was planted…
This weeks Harvest Monday, hosted by Daphne consists of lots of green (yes, again…I’m practicing my patience this spring). Spinach = 1 lb 14 oz Kale = 1 lb 13 oz Snap Peas = 1 oz The snap peas are the most exciting news of the week because I just love them…
This spring our garden has provided an over abundance of spinach and kale. This, added to all the greens we have been getting weekly from our CSA, has forced me to figure out how to preserve some of these wonderful items instead of letting them go wilty and therefore, to…
Here’s what’s happening in the garden this week! It’s been so incredibly dry (and cold up until a couple of days ago) that I’m still waiting on the sweet corn, squash, zucchini and peanuts to peek (along with a few other veggies), but all these other happenings make me very…
Yesterday morning was beautiful. That was before the winds whipped up and coated the entire city in a gross, dusty haze (we really, really need some real rain). Before the haze, though, I got some work done in the front yard (when you wake up at the crack of dawn…
With spring officially upon us I find myself remembering how many hours of hard, dirty work it takes to get the yard ready for planting! All winter long, while I’m warm and cozy, hibernating and stuck inside, I fantasize about being in the yard with the sun on my back…