turnips

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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
Harvesting Turnip Seeds

Harvesting Turnip Seeds

This is me, in all my gardening glory (hmmm...) holding up the biggest turnip-gone-to-seed-space-hog ever!  Never did I think that one turnip would get so incredibly big!  Well, not the actual turnip, but all the foliage that went along with it!Of all the seeds we're attempting to save this year from over-wintered veggies (turnips, beets, carrots, kale and radishes), the…
June 13, 2012
Going to Seed

Going to Seed

As the days continue to get longer and (abnormally) warmer, our over-wintered veggies have been bolting quite quickly this spring. In the interest of saving as many seeds as possible, I've left a few plants in the beds to continue their cycle and have been enjoying the show they put on!  I love all their itty bitty buds and flowers…
May 6, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!There seems to be lots happening in the yard suddenly!  The peas are peeking, the rhubarb is huge (well, huge to me...it's never gotten this big this fast before), the fruit trees have all blossomed out and are beginning to get some leaves, our raised beds/hoop houses are full of greens and beets and carrots (although I haven't…
April 9, 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
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