Garden 2020
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I like my lawn. It is a great source of mulch for the garden, although it seems like there is never enough. What is there transitions throughout the growing season. We are currently in clover and around the edges native plants come up like the ones in the photograph. These are weeds, but they look… Read more
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Some photos from the garden taken Friday, July 10. Read more
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The idea of new potatoes is to harvest them two weeks after the flowers are finished. This is what they look like with thin skins and creamy potato goodness inside. I boiled a pound for dinner and served with butter, salt and pepper. Keeping it simple with condiment flexibility is a characteristic of our kitchen… Read more
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When the electrical power went off I located my portable charger and plugged in my phone. The WiFi was dead yet access to the internet is crucial in an emergency. A neighbor asked if our power was out via text message. I responded, “Yes, do you need cucumbers?” I walked a bag of freshly picked… Read more
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Planted last October, on July 2 it took about an hour to harvest the crop of 50 head of garlic. It was the biggest garlic harvest we’ve had in our home garden. The variety comes from my friends Susan and Carmen who in succession, over 25 years, have been growing and selecting seed from the… Read more
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The garlic is ready. Yesterday I dug a head from the plot and the cloves are mature. As this image shows, each clove is pulling away from the stem and when I cut into it, the hydrated precursor to the paper had formed around each clove. I’ll dig up the 50 plants today or over… Read more
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Eventually I will snap out of this coronavirus funk. For weather and productivity this was the best spring I remember. The garden is doing great and I have time to give it daily attention. Without work commitments each day is mine. I spend more time outside and at the state park. I’ve gotten my bicycle… Read more
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My farm friends with community supported agriculture operations take the coronavirus pandemic seriously. On one farm the crew wears personal protective equipment while working and changed the interaction with customers to control exposure to spread of COVID-19. On another, the farmers decided, before most planting began, to have the entire crew move to the farm… Read more
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By the last day of spring the broccoli harvest began. Of the 31 remaining plants, I harvested six and the rest are not far behind. There will be broccoli shoots as well as summer begins. Already this is the best crop I’ve grown from a taste and abundance perspective. The seeds of the fall crop… Read more
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Yesterday’s kale harvest was big. To share the wealth I displayed some at the end of the driveway and posted the free give-away on Facebook. Some of it was claimed, the rest returned to the garden via the composter. Ten years ago I saved or preserved everything I grew in the garden. Any more I… Read more
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