I assaulted the westerly laurel hedge today, trimming back a foot or more of growth that was eating into our living and growing space, overshadowing flowerbeds and effectively reducing the size of the patio. Shouldn’t have let it get so overgrown, but last year the folks on t’other side seriously pruned it back (to bare [...]
Exciting things on the garden front! After a couple weeks of a finding only one or two strawberry du jour ripe and ready for consumption (usually by me), the little strawberry patch has finally come into its own. This morning I picked enough strawberries to generously top two bowls of cereal. We have different varieties [...]
In addition to the beans and spinach, today also saw the planting of some Russian Banana fingerling potatoes. Buffalo Gardens had some wrinkly seed potatoes on sale when we were in to acquire jute twine for the stringing of the bean trellis. As the half barrel had previously been emptied of its Jerusalem artichokes, it [...]
You know that your better-half is a graphic designer when, in contemplating the size of your front flowerbeds, she says “Right now it’s like we have a one-pixel border around a really large box.”
C’s Bamboo Bean Trellis I harvested the spinach that C planted in early May (it was ready to bolt) and replaced it with a summer-lovin’ (“…had me a bla-a-a-ast…”) strain from New Zealand, “Correnta Hybrid” (Territorial Seed). This is our first attempt growing this type of spinach. It doesn’t *quite* get full sun, as it [...]
C and I were inspired last weekend by the unseasonably summery weather and planted a raft of summer vegetable and herb starts: Early Cascade Tomato Black Krim Tomato Yellow Currant Tomato Yellow Crookneck Zucchini Black Beauty Eggplant “Asian” Eggplant (I forget the name, darnit) Spicy Veronese Basil Sweet Genoa Basil French Thyme We have had [...]
Duly diligent, I amended half of the beds and planted some cooler weather veg yesterday. About 20 lettuce starts, a block of spinach, and an equally sizable block of Swiss chard. Chives and a lemon cucumber, too, though it may be a bit early for the cuke. I had a spur of the moment urge [...]
I’ve not been paying much attention to the apple trees recently, but have just come in from giving them the once-over and am saddened to report that the Hudson’s Golden Gem has dropped almost all of its fruit. I made a point of thinning it to a reasonable fruit density for a tree of its [...]
All of the green beans appear to have germinated healthily, which is good. Still haven’t planted another row, however, nor have I gotten around to constructing a structure for them yet. Perhaps, since the Fasolds have proven themselves, I’ll try my luck with some other, older beans. Digging through the box, it looks like we [...]
Finally managed to get more planted for the summer… June 12th is distressingly late, but it’s been chilly recently, so I reassure myself that I’ve not really lost that much time to lethargy. New today: 16 Fasold pole beans 8 Genovese basil 1 Globe basil 1 “Romanian Ethnic” red/orange sweet pepper 1 “Gypsy” yellow sweet [...]
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