April is a month for delayed gratification. Our minds and palates are eager for peas and carrots and spring onions and asparagus but the garden just isn’t there yet. At the same time, this month requires a huge amount of work, in the planting and tending and hardening off that will mean bounty in a few short [Continue Reading...]
Garden Inventory: February 2011
February 1, 2011 by · 4 Comments
Here’s how the garden is sitting as of Feb 1: Beets – we are down to just a few beets now. Brussels Sprouts – we had a nice big feed of brussels last month and stripped the five plants almost bare. There are enough sprouts left for one or maybe two more meals. I’ve been [Continue Reading...]
Garden Inventory: January 2011
January 8, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
So of that list of January harvest-ables, what am I actually harvesting? Beets – still a row of Bulls Blood standing. The tops are all sad and little, but the roots have put on a bit of size. Most are around golf ball size, with some a fair bit larger. I got a little panicked [Continue Reading...]
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