I think that we’ll be picking romas today. So, I see making tomato sauce in our future. Jalapeños have been making a lot of peppers. Yesterday I make pickled jalapeños, so it looks like we’ll have jalapeños this winter that are from the garden. Some of the figs, not yet ripe. It amazes me thatContinue reading “How does the garden grow?”
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How does the garden grow?
Somehow being away for ten days has resulted in a garden bounty. Lots of tomatoes (cherry and slicing tomatoes), jalapeños, the first green beans and several very large zucchini. But even better is the huge number of roma tomatoes that will be picked later today. Also I now have over two dozen figs ripening. MakingContinue reading “How does the garden grow?”
A nice garden visitor
Our garden is often visited by a variety of insects. This is important as they pollinate the plants. The most common visitors are bees and wasps. But there are also pests that eat the plants. Well, yesterday we had an unexpected visitor – a European mantis, aka Preying mantis/Praying mantis. We have these large insectsContinue reading “A nice garden visitor”
How does your garden grow?
Our garden in Ann Arbor, Michigan is doing quite well. So far we’ve collected 150-200 garlic scapes, which means that potentially we will have a lot of garlic this year. Herbs are doing well – cilantro has started flowering, parsley is turning into a small bush. Chives, rosemary, dill and thyme are all waiting forContinue reading “How does your garden grow?”
The garden – June, 2026
Yesterday we had some rain late in the day, which was really good for the garden, which is doing quite well after being neglected for almost three weeks in May. The bed with zucchini and my figs. All of our bed had flowers as well as vegetables. The bed bordered by mint (which we cookContinue reading “The garden – June, 2026”
Dealing with nature
This morning the B.C. comic was so appropriate. Last night after planting the garden there was a frost warning. Susan quickly got the plants covered. Since we’re leaving today to go north when we uncover the plants they will be “on their own” for a while. This morning it was 36F when I got up,Continue reading “Dealing with nature”
Garden 2026
It’s time to think about what’s going into our garden this year sice we will be planting it this week. Three of the beds are ready for planting. One bed, the lower right one still needs mint removed. The two rows with stuff already growing are our garlic beds. Once the garlic comes out we’llContinue reading “Garden 2026”
Getting the garden ready for winter
Most of the plants are out. We got 8-9 butternut squash in recently and the kale will go all winter. The last of the herbs are in, mostly rosemary and thyme, although thyme is still going strong. I’ve left the rosemary in the ground and covered with leaves and a large pot. If it makesContinue reading “Getting the garden ready for winter”
The Urban Gardener – Late September
Our vegetable garden is down to mostly flowers, herbs and kale. We will probably get tomatoes for another 2-3 weeks and maybe one last picking of green beans. In 3-4 weeks the garden will be put to rest until next year. At least a weeks worth of green beans picked yesterday along with a bunchContinue reading “The Urban Gardener – Late September”
A surprise in the garden
About 5 years ago on a win I planted two fig trees that are supposed to be winter hardy. Over the years they have grown and died back in the winter, always look good in the summer. But no figs. Then two years ago we saw somebody on one of our morning walks that hadContinue reading “A surprise in the garden”
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