We’ve been picking peas and beans off the same plants in small quantities, just enough for a meal, all summer. We’ve had arugula and some chard pop up and been completely disappointed by the New Zealand spinach. It looks way too much like the nightshade we grow to risk harvesting any.
The joy of the garden [...]
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Last month I was finally able to get out into the yard and do some actual plant. After dispersing the 15 yards of topsoi and waiting for it to stop raining long enough to avoid walking in muddy glop, I hoed in 15 rows for planting. Each of these rows are 2 feet apart and [...] The snow has finally (mostly) stopped. This means we’ve been able to get out and put plants in the ground. We finally committed to species for the shrubs and trees and purchased them. Black currants, 3 kinds of blueberries that take part shade and cold, and Spartan and Jonagold apple trees. Back on April 5th, I went insane with the warmth and sun and dragged my husband off to the nursery. We did some looking at the apple trees and currants and decided that we didn’t have enough information to commit to species yet. The fence is finally in. We hired people to come in and build the fence after it took us 3 months to dig 8 holes last year. The problem with living on the base of a mountain is that mountains are made of rock. Which then rolls downhill, making the yard one big rock pile. [...] Phase Zero of the Great Gardening Project of 2009 has started. Somehow I’ve turned into one of those yuppie/hippie people that are so irritating with their “high ideals” and “green living.” My only saving grace is that I’m not outspoken and demanding attention about it. That’s not to say I don’t talk about the things I’m discovering, just that I can take the hint when others [...] |
Date: 05/24/2008 |
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