We’re eating more out of the garden these days. Tonight we had what must be about the last of the peas, onions (the wax crystal), beets (very baby beets, about the size of marbles) and beet greens.
July 23, 2007
July 22, 2007
Weeding and thinning
I hoed all the paths yesterday, and thinned the rutabagas and turnips. I thinned a few more beets too – they are actually getting small beets at the end now, pretty neat! I also removed the row cover from the brassicas – it was holding them down – I need to put it back on more loosely today or the dreaded worms will be back. Some of the kohlrabi are as big as tennis balls – I’m not sure how big they are when they’re ready.
Things aren’t looking that bad. I do need to put up trellises for the tomatoes – I think by next weekend that’ll have to be done. There’s no sign yet of potato bugs, that’s a relief.
July 15, 2007
Beets
Here’s a photos of the bed with the beets (and the few Swiss Chard plants that made it from the first sowing – I’ve since planted a few more that are just coming up).
Picked our first onions
We’ve started picking the first onions – the Crystal White Wax.
July 14, 2007
Buzzin’ Bees
The bees have been busy – I need to feel the supers on the middle colony and see how heavy it is.
Sunflowers and Mowing
The grass has really started to grow again after last week’s rains. After doing some mowing I took a hoe down to the Sunflowers and did a good cleaning out. I think they’re going to look pretty good in a few weeks.
July 12, 2007
Weeds!
Lots of weeds. Not much time to week. But we did pick some Lambs Quarters and put them in a Fritatta along with Beet Greens and they were really good. Too bad we can’t eat all our weeds.
July 10, 2007
LETS
This looks like an interesting system to me – I wonder if something could (or already is) implemented in our area? It’s a system for trading/bartering goods and services, and stands for Local Economy Trading System.
July 9, 2007
Carrots, Turnips and Rutabagas
In the bed between the leeks I’ve just planted 4 carrots, rutabagas and turnips. The carrots are Red Cored Chantenay and Tonda Di Parigi from Fedco, and Napoli and White Satin from Johnny’s. The rutabagas are Laurentian and the turnips are Red Round.
The Napoli carrots are really for planting later, in August, for wintering over, but I thought I’d try some now. The White Satins are Audrey’s request. I’ve given about a 1/3 of the bed to the carrots, 1/3 to the rutabagas, and 1/3 to the turnips.
July 5, 2007
Rain and bees.
It’s finally raining – just .1″ so far, but a bit more to come today and tonight.
Yesterday I added a super to the new colony of bees, and also one to the strong colony that made it through the winter. I put the second deep back on the colony that was struggling earlier – it seems to be doing well now.