Spinach taking shape
A perfectly germinated tiny section of a tiny row. Eleven days after our last look at the spinach, it’s definitely made some progress. It already looks good enough to eat!… Read the rest
2024 from the start
All the posts from 2024, in Jan to Dec order…
Squash to the field
Transplanted butternut squash seem to be doing fine in the great outdoors. The row cover will protect them from the fairly cucumber beetles, until they’re big enough not to be bothered. The beetles eat the plants and can also pass … Read the rest
Potato spotting
When you spend a lot of time scanning the ground for the very first sign of germination, you get pretty good at spotting new seedlings as they emerge. This new potato plant is easy, it’s quite large, with a rosette … Read the rest
Wheel hoe vs weeds
A tool in its element! Wheel hoes are great, and this particular one* is fantastic. Unchecked, you can see what weeds get up to given a week or two. This stretch of dirt was protected under the edge of the … Read the rest
Zucchini…
Always reliable, and still a pleasure, with a sense of wonder and a little relief, to see the first zucchini of the year appear. Weird? Maybe. You’d think after growing veggies season after season, at some point, one would get … Read the rest
Melons!
You will be cantaloupe! A ways to go and just getting started. You might not think it, but there’s nothing like slicing into a sun-warmed melon in the middle of the field on a scorching hot day. That’s the thought … Read the rest
Another cloudy day…
Why complain about the weather when…it could be worse?! And yet, yet another cloudy day. So far this season, there’s definitely been shortage of sunny days. You can see it in the paler green of the leaves and the slower … Read the rest