Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

how to have greens all winter

one word: arugula!
i started planting arugula a few summers ago as a non-bolting replacement for lettuce when the heat intensified. but here it is, the last day of january and my arugula is still going strong...i mean really strong! this has been a mild winter with little snow, but the arugula has flourished and provided me with delicious salads for over nine months now.
i cant complain. arugula rocks!

Monday, June 28, 2010

weekend chores: done


this weekend was super hot, but i still managed to log about 8 hours either gardening and/or doing random yardwork. i have big time weeds, so i spent a couple hours filling two trash cans and a small recycling container with weed tree cuttings, bermuda grass clumps and out of control morning glory and porcelain berry vines. i also took the pansies off of the front porch and put them into the composter...i refilled the self-watering planters with chartreuse and black sweet potato vines, and anticipate adding fuschia mini petunias in the very near future. all the potted plants were mulched with the shredded remains of the old red oak. the front door mattes were cleaned as was the porch, with a broom, dustpan and finally a hose. i split the grasses between two pots on the front porch and two on the shed steps...they also were mulched, as were the blueberry plants up there. 
four eggplants and 4 basil were planted in the newly turned west side bed,and all of the volunteer mini yellow pear tomatoes were tied up.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

plan ahead to share your wealth

have you ever had such an abundance of crops that you didnt know what you would do with it all? well, unfortunately: i havent! but i am sure you have: what to do with it all? master gardener and master programmer maureen farmer has developed a fabulous site for you to share the wealth! www.thefarmersgarden.com is a place where people can post free classifieds to sell, trade or give away their surplus backyard garden produce: what a great way to shop local!
plant an extra row and let others enjoy the deliciousness.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

okra is awesome

as i approached my neighbor's garden plot, i saw what i thought were a row of hibiscus or rose of sharon blooms. wrong: they are okra flowers! who knew it was in the same family?

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

today's menu includes stuff from the garden!


with all of this year's personal gardening disasters, there has been some success! the square foot garden i planted ten days ago is doing quite well (?). im not sure why: its august, 96° and we haven't had rain in a while, but i'm just going with it! i thinned the arugula and used the micro-greens along side tomatoes grown in sandy loam from my coastal virginia farmer o'bier to top off today's tuna-fish sandwich: super yummy! not sure if i can do anything with the beet greens i also thinned: i will let you know!

Friday, August 14, 2009

carrots

i managed to get some carrots from one of my raised beds. i started seedlings in february and harvested 'chantenay', 'yellowstone' and 'purple haze' today. they all taste good (despite their convoluted appearance) and the 'purple haze' has purple and orange-red rings when sliced: i am impressed!