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Matron at Chelsea Part 2
Down on the Allotment - 05/21/13 - 2 hours 38 min ago
Hallelujah! Fruit and Veggies are taking more of a part in the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. I think it represents a growing interest generally in growing your own food and the clever people at the RHS are reflecting this in their show. One of the big stands inside the marquee...
A Rainbow Of Radish
Four Hills of Squash - 05/21/13 - 5 hours 8 min ago
When I removed the remay cover from my raised bed of radish yesterday, I discovered that they were ready to harvest. I planted them on April 21st, so they have been in the ground a month.The first group I pulled, "Red Planet".Three nice "Plum Purple". I have noticed that this variety has very...
May 20, 2013 - Granny Junior
Annie's Kitchen Garden - 05/21/13 - 5 hours 38 min ago
Before I pack up the laptop for tomorrow's trip, I must show you the new guardian of the garden. The sparrows were taking their toll on the greens this morning, so something had to be done! One broomstick, a nail and a piece of 1"x2", an old shirt, my sweat pants, a panty hose head with ...
Ducklings
The Edible Garden - 05/20/13 - 6 hours 6 min ago
Harley & family Last summer a friend gave me some ducklings, mostly runner ducks crossed with Welsh Harlequins. But one drake looked to be pure WH. Harley is really beautiful with his emerald green head and wing bars, with black and brown on his white body. So I kept him and I got a pretty...
My RSS Feed is moving to Feedly from Google
Growing with Plants - 05/20/13 - 9 hours 7 min ago
If youre a user of Google Reader you probably know by now that Google has decided to shut down the service as of July 1, 2013. Many people, myself included, use Google Reader on a daily basis and have found it to be the best RSS reader available. Sadly (or not), it's all changing. This post ...
Harvest Monday - May 20, 2013
Welcome to My Random Garden - 05/20/13 - 10 hours 6 min ago
The first harvest of the season is very exciting!!! Asparagus!!! Freshly harvested Asparagus!! Can you see the spears? In other garden news, this year all 3 apple trees are blooming!! Super Excited! Last year two of the trees took a break and didn't even...
Growing and Harvesting Potatoes
Cowlick Cottage Farm Update - 05/20/13 - 10 hours 38 min ago
Today was one of the best gardening days of the year. Why, you ask? Well, because the potatoes were ready to harvest! I love this culinary treasure hunt, searching for those delightful spuds hiding deep in the soil, clinging to the long roots of the seed potatoes that I planted last fall. As soon...
Harvest Monday 5/20/13
Shawn Ann's Home and Garden - 05/20/13 - 11 hours 36 min ago
It's Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions and I have about the same to show this week as last week.Red Russian Kale, Lettuce (Rougette de Montpellier and Red Sales), Ashley lettuce and rainbow chard.Spinach That is it for the harvest. Around the garden things are coming along. These are all...
Harvest Monday - May 20, 2013
High Desert Garden - 05/20/13 - 14 hours 7 min ago
Red mustard, spinach, lettuce, yellow chives, chive flower buds (use as garlic scapes). I also harvested green chives and goji greens. Temperature is shooting up to the 80s in our neck of the woods, most of the leafy greens are showing signs of bolting, I harvested some of them next to the...
Matron Goes to Chelsea - Part 1
Down on the Allotment - 05/20/13 - 15 hours 8 min ago
I had a wonderful day today at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. In past years at the show I may have been frustrated at the lack of anything other than flowers... but no more! Well, you should expect flowers at a flower show - but nowadays gardeners' interests are much wider,...
Lavender hedging
Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments - 05/20/13 - 17 hours 7 min ago
We have lavender plants partially edging two of our fruit beds. I am trying to create a complete edge around the beds but originally I didn't have enough plants and so I compromised and edged just two sides of the beds. The beds only have three edges - I know that sounds strange but along the ...
Perfect Weather for a Weekend in the Vegetable Garden
Veggie Gardening Tips - 05/20/13 - 20 hours 6 min ago
Rain, drizzle, high temps in the 60′s, and not a peek of sunshine; but it was still aperfect weekendto spend time out in the vegetable garden! Sure, the sun would have felt great, it’snice to stay dry, and no one likes wearingrain gearwhen working in the garden… but there are...
May 20, 2013 - Fallen Flowers, Harvest Monday and Goodbye
Annie's Kitchen Garden - 05/20/13 - 20 hours 8 min ago
5/19 - Fallen Flowers:We got hit with yet another windstorm yesterday, and it knocked down some of my lilies. Just as they were in full bloom. I went out and put a couple of screw eyes in the fence, then tied them up as much as I could. Not an easy job with all the flowers and...
Its in the Details
J Peterson Garden Design - 05/20/13 - 20 hours 37 min ago
When I recently took a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, as a guest of P. Allen Smith for his 3rd annual Garden2Blog event, I was blown away by a number of things. The knowledgable sponsors, the beautiful gardens and scenery, the energetic participants, old and new friends. But sometimes I like to...
Organic Terrace Farming in Bangalore, India
City Farmer News - 05/20/13 - 20 hours 38 min ago
Terrace gardening with the Indian pioneer, Dr B.N Viswanath Home and Decor 2013 Excerpt: What inspired you to start a movement of Organic farming, especially on the terrace? Dr. Vishwanath: It happened accidentally. I was travelling from Delhi to Bangalore in 1995, as the flight couldnt land on...
Food Relief Goes Local
City Farmer News - 05/20/13 - 20 hours 38 min ago
Gardening, Gleaning, and Farming for Food Banks in the U.S. By Domenic Vitiello, Jeane Ann Grisso, Rebecca Fischman, and Leah Whiteside A report on research funded by the Penn Center for Public Health Initiatives 2013 Excerpt: Food banks have recently enlarged their distribution and promotion of...
Harvest Monday - May 19, 2013
Charm city balcony garden - 05/20/13 - 20 hours 38 min ago
This past week was a great week for salad greens. I harvested endive, romaine lettuce and arugula. I really like fresh salad but I am sad to say that I'm not sure I love home grown romaine lettuce. I've gotten accustomed to store bought which always is much more crunchy and juicy - and the taste is ...
Planting and Growing in May
Our Happy Acres - 05/20/13 - 22 hours 7 min ago
The last couple of weeks have been a blur of planting here as temperatures warmed up a bit and rains slacked off enough to let the soil start to dry out. First up for planting were the indeterminate caged tomatoes. I’ve been growing tomatoes this way for several years now. I plant 2 tomatoes...
Harvest Monday, May 20th, 2013
Daphne\'s Dandelions - 05/20/13 - 22 hours 8 min ago
The big spinach harvest was early last week (above is only half). Four pounds of winter spinach was picked, washed, blanched, and frozen. I still have the spring spinach to go. I'm contemplating giving lots of it away. I filled my harvest basket with greens for salads. I had the first radishes of...
Harvests at last!
Mark\'s Veg Plot - 05/20/13 - 22 hours 37 min ago
Slowly, slowly, the harvests are beginning to arrive... I have put together here a little collection of photos to illustrate what I have harvested in the last week, purely so that I can participate in Harvest Monday over at Daphne's Dandelions. Radishes. These are "Flamboyant 5", a variant of...
Monday Harvest – 20th May 2013
Suburban Tomato - 05/20/13 - 23 hours 6 min ago
I had a slower week this week harvest-wise. The weather has started to feel really wintry with temperatures in the mid to high teens, lots of grey skies and a fair bit of drizzle. Not the best weather for either gardening or harvesting. I did still get out and cut a few things though. The cavolo...
Off to Chelsea
Down on the Allotment - 05/20/13 - 1 days ago
Matron is off to the world famous Chelsea Flower Show today, The RHS are celebrating the Centenary of the show this year. Stand by for Matron's unique perspective....;-)
Planting Up and Harvest Monday
The Modern Victory Garden - 05/19/13 - 1 days ago
PLANTING UP May is a crazy month in the garden, there is so much planting up to be done and regular garden maintenance needs to be kept up with as well. I am running a little later with planting out a few items this year, but all-in-all I am managing to get things done and am closing...
A full long day of hard work. A tour of the garden. Nothing better!!
Organic Gardening in Sidney - 05/19/13 - 1 days ago
My White Rabbit statue with my favourite Japanese Maple.I worked in the garden for about six hours today. I planted all of the bedding plants. Lacinato Kale, Curly Kale, Bok Choy, Brussels Sprouts and a new row of lettuce. I buy a few packages of my favourite lettuce varieties and mix them up in a...
Kitchen Garden Update
Four Hills of Squash - 05/19/13 - 1 days ago
It is time for an update regarding the kitchen garden.Underneath their protective blanket of remay, the radish are growing by leaps and bounds.You can now clearly see the beginnings of the colored roots.The garlic continues to thrive. I am just amazed by the size of the "Russian ...
Wild Roses
Four Hills of Squash - 05/19/13 - 1 days ago
As I mowed around the big garden yesterday, I noticed some pink in the hedgerows. When I looked closer I discovered that our wild roses are already blooming! I think of the wild roses as early June bloomers, so like everything else, they are running ahead of schedule.Depending upon the age of the...
Grey Days and Potting Up Tubers
Four Hills of Squash - 05/19/13 - 1 days ago
It was a mixed bag of weather today. We had a nice period with some sunshine in the early afternoon. But by the time I made it home after work, some dark clouds were rolling in. The rains let up after dinner and I decided to take advantage of the break in the weather and pot up some more...
The Potatoes are Up!
Four Hills of Squash - 05/19/13 - 1 days ago
When I was walking by the kitchen garden today, I noticed a big crack in the soil inside the grow bag that I could see. I walked around and went into the kitchen garden so that I could get a better look. I was really happy to discover that the potatoes have started to come up in all four...
