March Garden Log.
As well it should be, March was a busy planting month! 3/5/12: Planted seedlings, cilantro (seeded 1/21), one single Crisphead lettuce (12/29), Fiesta broccoli (1/21), Red Head quinoa (1/28), purple...
View ArticleSome Garden Fresh Breakfasts.
I do enjoy breakfast…a lot. Lately I have enjoyed making this AM garden fresh fare even more than thinking of something to cook for dinner. The plethora of yummies coming out of the garden has been a...
View ArticleHop Harvest 2012.
The 2012 hop harvest was a great success for The Root Cellars Garden. Using the same three plants as last year, we were able to increase our wet yield from about 10 pounds to 23.8 pounds and after...
View Article2012 – December Garden Log.
It’s New Years Day. I suppose that means I must resolve to return to the blog in 2013…or maybe I need to because as I looked back over my 2012 posts and did not have much to show for the last 365...
View ArticleSeed Babies.
European Mesclun Mix. Day 6. Winter Red Kale, Day 11. Ever closer we get to planting outside, yay! Filed under: Edible Plants, Garden, Vegetables
View Article2013 – January Garden Log.
No too much happened in January, but I did get a second round of planting done. 1/21 calabrese broccoli (Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds) snowball self-blanching cauliflower (Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds)...
View Article2013 – February Garden Log.
February was a good month for planting outside. It was wet here but not so wet that we could not garden. We were able to get some beds dug and covered to dry out a little so they would be plantable...
View ArticleSpring is here!
I will have a full photo update in the March garden log, but in the mean time you can browse one of only two cauliflowers that made it through the winter (this was completely my fault and could have...
View Article2013 – March Garden Log.
We had a fantastically lovely weekend and we got a lot of work done in the garden, including some overdue planting. Today, however, we are reminded that it is only the second of April and the chilly...
View Article2013 – April Garden Log.
I was looking back over the plantings from this year. I seemed to have overlooked many of the greens we have already sown. We have been eating European mesclun for three months now from containers,...
View Article2013 – May Garden Log.
My favorite view of the garden from our back patio. I love the combination of colors. I think I am trying to max out my media space with this post! There are a lot of photos, so prepare to see my weeds...
View Article2013 – June Garden Log.
6/9 Planted some more cilantro and also some genovese basil. The holy basil is not doing so well for me. I might sow some more and try again, but for today it was just the genovese that made it in the...
View Article2013 – July Garden Log.
As summer rolls ever forward the garden has become more of a jungle than a manicured landscape, and that I like! It has been extremely dry here, we had 0.00 inches of rain in July, so in order to keep...
View Article2013 – August Garden Log.
August was a month of harvesting for my little garden. We processed tomatoes, beans, tomatillos, cucumbers, potatoes, herb, did I mention tomatoes? Some stuff got away from us, but overall it was a...
View Article2013 – September Garden Log.
September started out quite warm for us and quickly tapered into expected pre-fall/fall weather. I love fall. It is my absolute favorite. Time to start harvesting the winter squashes and pumpkins, dig...
View Article2013 – October Garden Log.
I am of course, behind in getting this post up. Not too much happened in October, just the annual garlic planting. I did a full moon planting for the first time this year on October 18. We got 176...
View Article2013 – December Garden Log.
Nothing happened in my garden in November aside from some clean up. We spent the first part of December in a deep freeze, but just around the solstice the weather returned to a more seasonable temp...
View Article2014 – January Garden Log.
1/18 – I transplanted my first round of crisp mint romaine. It will continue to grow in the house and more will be direct sown outside in FEbruary. 1/19 – I did a second sowing of crisp mint romaine...
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