Organic Gardening - Spinach in the Cold Frame

Gardening

Gardening

Isn't this a pretty cover?  Lots of information month by month in this little book.  The Piedmont Garden

organic gardening

Organic Gardening 1987 featuring apples, houseplants, etc.
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garden loot

some of the summer's loot

chock full of helpful advice, information and illustrations

Yesterday's Garden Haul

Golden beets, garlic, shallots

Berries

Soon the berries will be ripe. And I will fight the birds for every one. Oh, you say, put a net over them. But then they, esp robins and thrushes, sneak in from underneath. I level the playing field by picking the berries a bit under ripe and letting them ripen indoors. But it is a draw at best.

Yesterday evening, just after B got home, I looked out the kitchen window and saw our wild brown bunny IN the garden. Um, isn't that is why we put up the fence to keep him out? Didn't she read the memo?! So buddy and I went out and harassed him a bit. Buddy ran around trying to herd Bun from outside the fence. I was hoping I could find the "hole" by seeing where Bun exited. No such luck. She ran and flung herself at the fence on all sides before finally hitting one section hard enough it buckled. This after I opened the gate. Sigh. Buddy and I shall have to be more diligent.

It is a competitive world out there.

today's haul

Mostly for an Thai simmer pot tonight - carrots, beet greens, dandelion leaves, leek. Also lemon balm and mint leaves for pesto.

things that sprout in the night

This morning when B came down he said, "Wow, look at the bean teepees that sprouted in the garden overnight." In the world of reality, I woke at dawn as he was tossing about with pain from the back muscle strain from moving the ficus outdoors yesterday evening and hauled them into place. But they do look as though they bloomed overnight, don't they?

One task for today is to sort through the bean seeds in the friggie and see which ones want to be planted this year.

This morning I also up potted a late crop of tomatoes that sprouted in the biodome bottom just as I was getting it ready to bring in, clean up and put away. They will do well to replace tomato plants that burn out or to fill in any spaces. If there are any spaces. I like a well planted garden.

I also wanted to post a pic of this necklace I designed for P before I mail it off to her. Poor thing, she is struggling with her health and struggling with staying optimistic. Anyway, I found this stone on the top of a mountain and wanted to give it to her. The rock is chalcopyrite, B says. For those who believe such, it helps to remove energy blockages and aids in the movement of chi. The pic is a bit blurry. I don't do close ups well. Besides the stone, there are glass beads, silver wire, and hand spun and dyed churro. P has tests on her heart today.