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Last week I picked one of my cucumbers and ate it! It was firm, sweet, and delicious. I have another one that’s growing and I think I’m going to wait until the middle of the week to pick it. It’s amazing how quickly plants can grow. It seems that my tomato plants have doubled in [...]
ORIGINALLY POSTED TO THE TGP FORUM ON JULY 6, 2010.
Soooooo, the sun has finally decided to come outside and play and the strawberries have followed! I never knew that strawberry fruit literally grew out of the flower of the strawberry plant. The strawberries from my garden are small, deep red, and delicious. My [...]
ORIGINALLY POSTED TO THE TGP FORUM ON JUNE 22, 2010.
Anyone who lives in Seattle knows that we haven’t had the best weather this month. I heard a meteorologist on the news refer to this month as “Juneuary” and I feel that the tag is well deserved – especially since the cold snap [...]
ORIGINALLY POSTED TO THE TGP FORUM ON JUNE 1, 2010.
Last Monday (May 24th) Scott and I planted more seeds: green beans, sweet basil, and zucchini squash. I am going to start my herb garden in the house, and am planning on using egg crates to plant the seeds. Once the seeds start [...]
ORIGINALLY POSTED TO THE TGP FORUM ON JUNE 21, 2010.
Let the planting begin! Kristel, our garden coach, paid us another visit; this time, armed with shovels and rakes and such. She meant business today. It was a sunny saturday in early June. The kids and I had just come from participating in [...]
ORIGINALLY POSTED TO THE TGP FORUM ON JUNE 15 2010.
It all began with some free soil and cedar planks, enough to make two raised beds (good lookin’ Syreeta and Kristi). I had already made my video with Inye and was very excited about the prospect of growing my own food. Then the [...]
Check out these greens David brought us from his garden!
Super huge!
Super Beautiful!
Super Delicious!
These are Champion Collards and this was the largest collard plant in David’s garden this year. He was super kind (and maybe a little braggy, hahaha) for bringing them and sharing with us.
David came over for the afternoon and we [...]
So for those of you who have been following our little garden drama know that we discovered after testing our soil that we higher than safe levels of lead deposits in the land we are working. What this means is that we can’t let the children garden with us and as adults we have to [...]
So I was roilling through Rainier Valley on my way to get my daughter and decided to stop by Pat’s house and see how her garden is doing. Here’s a quick vid. Good job Pat & Charlotte (I see a dandilion or two that could use a good pulling, but I’ll leave that up to [...]
Our snap peas are popping out all over the place! I counted about 16 between two plants. That’s up from about four three weeks ago. They are also extra plump and sweet. Picked two and shared with my brother and his girlfriend. ….FREE FOOD!
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