Archive for June, 2007

Happy Tomatoes…

I am thoroughlly pleased with the progress the tomatoes have made thus far. Although, I am a bit afraid of the future without tomato cages. As I mentioned in a previous entry, I’ve decided to take on a bit of a different tack with the tomatoes this year, and stake them in the French Potager […]

Posted by Les on June 28th, 2007 under Garden Maintenance, Cooking Fresh | Comment now »

Potato Project

Well the potatoes survived the digging and re-digging of the now re-homed of the raccoon.
As they came up on only one side of the barrel I wasn’t sure. But as they grew I continued to fill the barrel with soil. Now the barrel is full - so full I will need to remove […]

Posted by Valria on June 28th, 2007 under Garden Maintenance, Cooking Fresh | Comment now »

The Bounty

Well there is spinach, lettuce, radish and snow pea galore in the garden. Lots to harvest and more on the way.
Today I picked a bunch of spinach and snow peas for my lunch and dinner.

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Posted by Valria on June 21st, 2007 under Harvest & Succession Planting | Comment now »

Four-legged Pests

Some garden pests can not be eradicated with egg shells or tubs of beer.
The neighborhood cat or squirrel for instance can do a great deal of damage digging, burying, shitting among other things but few pests do as much damage as the Raccoon. I have been battling one in my garden for quite a […]

Posted by Valria on June 12th, 2007 under Pests, Garden Maintenance | Comment now »

Garden is in

Everything is in…….well everything so far. There will be re-planting of course and there will be fall crops but for now the veggies are all in.
I even made room for snack jack pumpkins. Which when I got the seeds I thought, oh they are just 1-2 pound pumpkins, small enough, good for […]

Posted by Valria on June 4th, 2007 under Garden Planning | Comment now »

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