Archive for 'potatoes'
July 23, 2009
Today I got a chance to get out into the garden for the first time in a while. Mostly I needed to gut it of all the spent and bolted plants. The secondary benefit was to get rid of the piles (and I mean piles) of compostables that have just been sitting around (mostly in [...]
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 under composting, potatoes, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 3
July 22, 2009
My oh my, it has been a while. Seems my vacation has been far more type A than type B. Kind of a shame because sitting around and gardening is just about my speed. Instead I’ve been pretty much go-go non-stop ever since we got back from camping. Blogging about the few scant hours I spent [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2009 under potatoes, seeds, tomatoes.
Comments: 7
July 9, 2009
Well, I got out into the garden for the first time in ages. That is, not just to water it after dark. I was getting tired of humming Gardening At Night by REM, hehe.
Much to my surprise, my garden marched along without me. The kids have been harvesting carrots left and right. In fact, they [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2009 under fertilizer, harvest, pests, potatoes, seeds, tomatoes, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 5
July 2, 2009
Whew, what a night. Exhausting but fun. Tonight was the first night in I don’t know how long that we took a break to spend time with our families. For my part, we went on a walk, which was fun, but I was sluggish being so sore. As we were locking the kids up in [...]
Posted: July 2nd, 2009 under Food, beds, harvest, potatoes, weather.
Comments: 3
June 25, 2009
I guess this is a random garden tour-like post. I’ve been accumulating pics of things that struck my fancy for a while and just haven’t had opportunity to work them into posts. After chatting with Judy on Facebook tonight, I commented on my freaky corn and I promised her I would show it in my [...]
Posted: June 25th, 2009 under SWCs, blueberries, corn, fertilizer, potatoes, tomatoes, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 3