Sep 06 2007
Harvesting Garlic
We picked our garlic from the garden today. It was planted last fall, in 2006. Now I don’t know what to do with all of it. Here are some photos of it.
Archive for the tag 'gardening'
Sep 04 2007
September 3rd Tomato Report
Back by popular demand, here’s the latest report on the tomatoes in my greenhouse. The video was recorded on my Sony Cyber-Shot camera. The audio and video quality isn’t the best, but it’s better than YouTube and who cares; they’re just tomatoes.
Oct 05 2006
My Greenhouse Tomatoes
Here’s an online slideshow of the tomatoes I grew this year. I had 4 regular tomato plants and 4 cherry tomato plants. The regular tomatoes eventually began to develop rot, so I had to pick most of them early while they were green. About half of the cherry tomatoes ripened on the vine; the rest [...]
Sep 28 2006
Gardening In The Fall
I took this morning off, renting a garden tiller for 4 hours, preparing my garden for the garlic I’ll be planting soon. Afterwards, my children helped me get dirty.
Garlic, like most hardy plants, establishes its roots in the fall, then slowly grows in the near frozen ground. Sometimes you’ll see green shots coming [...]
Aug 27 2006
Should I Buy A Mantis Tiller?
I’m considering buying the Mantix Tiller. It costs $500 Canadian. It would come with a Border Edger Attachment, a Kick Stand, and 100 Mixed Daffodils. But do I REALLY need it?
Pros:
We have a 8′x20′ garden, which we want to enlarge, in addition to creating other flower and vegetable gardens on our property. [...]
Mar 15 2006
Wheat Seeds - Day 3
I ordered a CD from Danny Schmidt through Whole Wheat Radio last September. When the CD arrived in the mail and I opened the package, a bunch of little seeds fell out and scattered all over my kitchen floor. Not just any old seeds, though — wheat seeds from Whole Wheat Radio, seeds that may [...]
Apr 25 2004
Gardening and Portobello Mushroom Hamburgers
Caitlyn and I inspected the garden today, after the damn snow melted. We put a small metal fence around the garden’s perimeter and picked a few weeds. We then had a barbecue, cooking a hot-dog for Caitlyn, vegetarian and portobello mushroom hamburgers, and eating it with home-made macaroni salad. Caitlyn ate 90% [...]
Apr 24 2004
Digging in the Dirt
My daughter and I spent four hours in the backyard today, preparing our 8×20 garden: raking out dead grass, turning over the dirt with a pitchfolk and shovel, outlining the garden’s perimeter with a hoe. We then divided the garden into about 2×2 squares and planted spinach, lettuce, and carrots. I think I’ll [...]
