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End of another growing season
Almost. The first frost has yet to arrive, but some plants are already cleared and most crops collected. There are still some tomatoes (beyond the dahlias at the back of the photo) and the kale and especially the chard are still going great. The potatoes have all been dug …
Anyone for chard?
Another month on with the plot and everything seems to be having so much fun growing! Or more accurately, the plants are lapping up all the rain we’ve been having. This photo is pretty much from the same place as the last one, still kale (and chard) in the …
Where did this grass come from?!?
Seems we had been doing a lot of traveling this spring and never got out to the plot until the end of May. Oh wow! Grass was growing everywhere. It took us over a week to properly clear it so we could begin planting. Happily all the starts I …
Back to the basement
I did get my half-plot in the community garden again, so over the weekend I began starting seeds in earnest. After much consideration, I started loads of seeds, knowing that the surplus would be welcome. Plus, I’m going to grow more flowers this year (including “Outhouse Hollyhocks”). I have …
More surplus vegetables
Ann Arbor’s Interfaith Peace & Social Justice organization hosted a Faith and Food meeting tonight. Having grown tomatoes as a benefit in previous years, and thinking about the possibilities for growing specifically for donations to food banks, I was eager to hear what everyone had to say about their …
It’s springtime in my basement
These were actually started a week ago in our basement, on the workbench, on a heating pad and under a fluorescent shop light. These are leeks and kale, two plants that can be planted early, while others need to wait for the ground, and weather, to be ready.
Plan for surplus
There’s no guarantee you will have a surplus of any sort, even using Sheri’s book. In a good year, you will be able to harvest all you grow and make use of it. Maybe there will be more than you can eat, and you will have time and effort …
The garden in winter
This is the Project Grow plot I had last year, and hope to have again this year. It’s actually a half-plot and you can see it on the left in the foreground. The rest of this Project Grow community garden stretches to the right. Of course, most details are …
Seeds and Dreams
It’s the dead of winter and I can’t walk by a seed rack without a long study of the offerings and making a purchase or two. In reality, I have been planning the next garden since the harvest of the previous fall. I’m going to lighten up on tomatoes …