Today after school we got to fertlize plant the Empress beans and the strawberries.The Empress beans are smooth, white, glossy beans… remind me a lot of white Tic-Tac candy. We planted 6 or 7 around the base of a tomato cage. SFG book suggests 9 per sq ft. but I wasn’t going to argue with [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Making Seed Tape
Posted in Garden, SFG on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Deep Side Fall 2007 Plan
Posted in Garden, SFG on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I got some time in the garden. Julia helped me knock off the dirt from the basil plants I uprooted and we trashed them. Never figured out if those nodules were bugs or disease, but either way, didn’t want it spreading.
Then she played in the dirt while I weeded and fertilized the lower squares. [...]
Lettuce Sprouts
Posted in Garden, Self-Watering on October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying out a bunch of seeds from Seed Savers Exchange.I have a packet of the Tennis Ball Lettuce and then a packet of Lettuce mix. It’s been raining so much that I couldn’t direct sow — I worried the seeds will wash away before they can take hold. Friday I set them in self-watering [...]
Basil Harvest
Posted in Garden, Herbs on October 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m better at updating my flickr account than I am this garden/cooking blog. Sigh. I wish I had more time!
But today was a nice mild morning and after Julia woke me up and we got dressed and all that… we went out to the garden armed with scissors. Our neighbors were out raking so [...]
