note to vegetarians: the content of this post may be offensive and we apologize in advance for that. in an effort to be closer to our food source, we kindly asked a local farmer if we could help harvest chickens. the concept of harvesting animals comes from barbara kingsolver’s book, animal vegetable miracle, a fabulous […]
ok, so it’s well past the first frost date according to most climate maps i’ve checked, but i’m still going to try to overwinter some spinach…this spring our spinach was pathetic and we heard that if we plant in fall or late summer and let it overwinter, we will have a lush crop come spring… […]
it’s october 12th. it is 80 degrees in northeast ohio. and today we planted 27 cloves of garlic…. we bought 3 bulbs of garlic from seeds of change, broke them into cloves and planted 4-5 per 12″ x 12″ square. they are planted with about 1.5-2″ of soil on top of them and straw on […]
we are finally getting tomatoes! and soon to have too many….. some of our tomato plants look diseased. not sure what this is all about. the plants still have tomatoes, but the leaves look terrible. any ideas what this is?
in our continuous search for all things garden-related, we have come across so many important inputs on craigslist….it’s our favorite place to shop! latest find is free manure for the garden. that’s right, dear reader, your food (if it’s grown locally… generally speaking) is not grown in chemicals or by chemicals, but by that all […]
we recently placed straw mulch around the tomatoes, peppers, and cukes. the straw serves several purposes. we use it in conjunction with weekly watering and fertilizer (we use fish emulsion diluted with water – about 1 T fish emulsion to 1 gal water)… why mulch: first, we use it to help keep the soil moist. […]
we continue to eat lettuce out of our garden. we recently harvested purple beans, which turn green when cooked. herbs are thriving and peppers and tomatoes are soaking up the sun…..in the only full sun spot we have in our yard. below are some updated pics…
on our recent trip to vermont, we made it a point (and an appointment) to visit half pint farm in burlington, vt. we have long enjoyed reading their blog and are intrigued by the model of the intervale community farm. half pint farm covers a little over an acre of land in a flood plain. […]
we returned from a week’s vacation to find our garden thriving… first signs of cherry tomatoes on the trellis tomatoes we purchased from the amish at the nearby farmer’s market are looking good! more tomatoes…i can already taste the salsa. this year we are trying a new experiment…the topsy turvy (look in upper left hand […]
since our last writing, we have enjoyed fresh greens every night and the lettuce is slowly winding down. we have planted additional seeds in the basement to replace the existing plants so we can hopefully have greens throughout the summer. one of the bins is almost always in the shade and we have designated this […]