The garden in late July of years past has been a bit of a beast. We tend to find ourselves at the tail end or smack dab in the middle of our monsoon season and, truly, there’s no better magic than water that falls from the sky in the form…
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UncategorizedLast Seasons Clean Up
What happens when you put off cleaning up parts of the yard? Yeah…you wind up being forced to do it before you get to put some new seeds in the ground. The over-sized bean trellis we created last year utilizing two of our beds and the top of our…
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UncategorizedSunflowers & Cucumbers
I’ve read that planting sunflowers and cucumbers together can sweeten the flavor of the cukes while providing them a natural trellis to climb. While I’ve never seen it done, I’ve decided to try it in the garden this year and am hopeful for gorgeous sunflowers and delicious cukes! Have you…
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UncategorizedAmending and Fertilizing
We’ve set the intention this year to build our soil up. You know, all the tons of soil we’ve brought/hauled/shoveled in? Yeah, that soil 😉 We figure that, since we plant heavily and harvest amazingly from our humble soil, we should give back a little. So, compost, compost tea, soil…
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UncategorizedSpring Projects (Inspired by Pinterest)
Since beginning our journey into the world of urban farming a few years ago, it feels as though we’ve been go, go, going non-stop. From the removal of rocks to the building of beds to the tearing out of old Junipers to the shoveling of soil to the planning…
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Uncategorized2013 Potatoes
Our success with backyard grown potatoes has been mixed. Our first year, we were mildly successful with the few random sprouting potatoes we had in the pantry that we stuck in some dirt. Not very intentional, but it worked out OK and we got a few yummy spuds for…
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UncategorizedGarlic Sprouts!
Look what starting peeking… WooHoo!!! We’re growing three brand new (to us) varieties of garlic this year, so I’m very curious to see how they do. I guess the peeking means that spring really is just around the corner! Which is a really, really good thing, because (as I’ve said…
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Uncategorized2013 Seeds & Plans
To be completely honest, buying seeds each spring is both exciting and a little stressful. I struggle every single year with what exactly to put in the garden and how it will all fit. At the height of summer, I tend to find myself feeling incredibly proud and excited by…