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”
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Dog days of summer
Typically at this point of July the summer hear is becoming intolerable and it will last well into August. The saying dog days of summer originates with the rising of Canis major, a bright star in the constellation Orion. The actual star has no impact on the heat from the sun, but rather signals theContinue reading “Dog days of summer”
Urban gardeners
Last week, before we headed north to Whitefish Point and after we were no longer feeling the effects of having the flu we started working on our garden. The first thing that we did was start harvesting garlic. The heads come out of the ground, get trimmed and then are woven into an old babyContinue reading “Urban gardeners”
A garden and some skeletons
Sadly, the garden is done for the year, with the exception of herbs. Each garden got a layer of composted cow manure, then composted soil from our bins at the back fence. I am always amazed at the amount of soil that we get from composting non-weed garden waste and kitchen scraps. We must getContinue reading “A garden and some skeletons”
The urban gardener
The Roma tomatoes are starting to ripen. The first few went in to sandwiches. But now there are enough for making sauce. As is typical the herbs are doing well. It’s nice when you can walk outside and find what you need for a recipe in the garden. Pretty much what we have is thyme,Continue reading “The urban gardener”
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