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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 [...]
It is so fun to go into the backyard and visit my garden now because everything is either flowering, or the “baby vegetables” are visible. My sugar snap peas are growing like weeds, and I was able to pick a handful and snack on them last week. My squash plants have beautiful yellow flowers, but [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As David shared in a previous post we did a soil test through the University of Massachusetts and found that the lead levels in our garden soil were dangerously high. The extrapolated levels as reported by U Mass were 488 ppm (part per million). The high end of the safe contact threshold is 300ppm. We [...]
Pat and I have been working on her new garden space for a couple of weeks now, and it’s been quite a journey so far! I have truly loved being a part of her learning experience and watching her eyes widen as she encounters unexpected aspects of gardening. Most of all, she has come to understand first hand, the amount of thought that goes into creating your first garden. I think that, after picking your first homegrown greenbeans, this is one of the most exciting parts! Understanding how plants work and learning about soil – the place from where most of our nutrition comes – brings us closer to nature and our food and is a truly awesome experience.
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