Sunday, March 18, 2012

EARLY SPRING

A warm winter with only one significant snowfall has us primed for planting early again this year. Looking trough my posts from last spring I know Ishould keep the seedlings inside as little longer but temps in the upper 70's today had Daisey and me out cleaning up the yard and tilling the garden. Like last year, I swung by Frugal Farmers yesterday to harass them for not having manure compost yet, what do they think this is, Zone 3? Of course it will snow tomorrow.

 Lets see...eggplant, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos...
...red onions, white onions, scallions, shallots, leeks...Daisey's Lemongrass, Coneflower, Hollyhock White Yarrow Allisum,  Rosemary,  Creeping Thyme,  Gallardium...

 Couldn't resist putting in a little Lettuce and Spinach seed.
 Ready for mounding ...this year I am going to runthe rows front to back with the tallest plants closest to the house. No vine squash this year..not here, it made a mess and prevented me entering the garden last year.  Tomatillos, Pole beans, Tomatoes, cukes (climbing), eggplant, peppers, etc.
 More Lettuce, Spinach and Swiss Chard and Turnip on the road.
 Tilled up a failed vegetable location at the bottom of the lawn for Daisey to plant flowers and herbs. We are going to have to augment this area robustly!
 Slightly expanded this garden a bit...robbing the lawn as is my m.o.


Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Catching up from summer....

This is a photo dump from the summer and fall...today is October 27 and the garden is to bed. No photos but the Tomatillos were still developing fruit until I pulled them just last week. I made 15-20 pints of Tomatillo Salsa Verde with them and with my Jalapenos.  Time to think about staying warm and start planning next years garden.

Picking wild Blackberries under the pole lines.

Tree down and power out for three days...
Picked beens and some sauce...
More sauce and the reason I make sauce..
Ox Heart "Ceure de beuf'
More makings for sauce

Tomato Diablo


Default U.S. jobs program paraded past my house (and garden).


Process..




Dill Pickles..
Snacks...in left over dill brine



A propane fired hand cranked pepper roaster belonging to a farmer at the Common Ground Fair this fall.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

What's growin' on...


 Picked some beans today..might pickle them tonight..


 Can't eat enough Zucchini these days.. any good stuffed baked recipes out there?


 Eggplant is finally coming on, with luck it will fruit before frost!


 Tomatillos are over 5' tall and flowering but not really producing fruit. Rats.




 I pulled the Garlic last week and planted bush beans.


Here's my garlic crop curing on the porch. The bulbs pretty small on average. They had about the most sun my site can provide. Hope it's enough for canning!


My strongest crop is the tomatoes and they are producing well. I've tied all of the stakes together so that I can train them laterally. The rake is about 5'4" tall.


Some cherry tomatoes blushing..






Also in the garden... the Salmon Falls Yacht Club fleet!