Now I know why they say peppers love heat. I’ve been too busy this week to stop by the garden, but today I made the effort and was surprised by how much everything’s grown in a matter of days. All of my peppers– Serrano, Jalapeno, Ghost, Thai Chili, Banana and Bell — are fruiting now, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Gardening’
May 23, 2010
In the garden – Saturday, May 22.
Garden layout: First bed at the front of the image, left to right – Mesclun, buttercrunch lettuce, spinach, green beans, onions, two types of tomato (black cherry and big beef, I believe) zucchini. Second bed, left to right – potted herbs (basil, sage, cilantro), four varieties of tomatoes (better boy, valencia, striped something something, and [...]
April 23, 2010
Expanding the garden
Last summer, I planted a small-plot garden in my Mom’s backyard which produced an amazing amount of food for such a small amount of space. We struggled to keep up with the tomatoes, the cucumbers, the peppers, the zucchini and the onions that grew unabated. We gave bags of produce away to friends, family and [...]
March 12, 2010
Signs of Spring
We have our first sign of Spring sitting in the window sill, looking out onto an alley and parking lot that don’t really seem suited for growing food. That’s one of the trade-offs of living downtown, I suppose; I gave up a yard for a prime location. We’ll have a garden still, just not here. [...]
January 8, 2010
Growing food through the winter
This was cross-posted at Grow Food, Grow Hope on Friday, January 8, 2010. Few places around the country have the luxury of year-round warm weather, suitable for growing food into the winter months. The rest of us must grin and bear it, and we’re left to rely on food trucked in from warmer climes at [...]
