Wow, the garden has really taken off, especially the broccoli. I have never had broccoli grow so fast in my 22 plus years of gardening (see side by side picture below). I am not sure if it was all of the April rain or maybe just the organic fertilizer that caused such explosive growth. Most [...]
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The spring garden has now been completely planted with the planting of bush green beans and the pole lima beans about one week ago. The tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and celery were transplanted out into the garden on May 13th and 14th. My Juwel cold frame was taken down and stored away for another year. The [...] The April garden is growing slowly right now, probably due to all of the rain and colder than normal temperatures. The soil is pretty much saturated right now, but the good news is the weather forecast is calling for warmer temperatures into the 70′s, with just a chance of some scattered rain (hopefully nothing too [...] Last night I watched the “Back to Eden” film. Back to Eden is an organic and no-till gardening method designed by Paul Gautschi. In this video Paul shares his lifelong journey, walking with God and learning how to get back to the simple, productive methods of sustainable provision that were given to man in the [...] The spring planting season is well underway right now. Peas and radish seeds were planted on March 30th and they have since germinated. Most of the lettuce seedlings were transplanted out into the garden under the plastic hoop on April 6th. The rest of the lettuce seedlings will be planted out within the next week. The overwintered [...] Received my onion plants from Dixondale Farms on March 22nd. I decided to plant them yesterday, as 6-10 inches of snow was/is predicted for today I thought if I did not get the onions in the ground yesterday, I would not see bare ground for at least another week. Onions are strong and fairly cold [...] The cold frame went up on February 24th, but I have not moved any seedlings out into the frame because it has been too cold. I am starting lettuce seeds today and will move them outside into the cold frame as soon as they germinate (probably in about 4 0r 5 days). I usually like [...] Happy New Year Everybody!! The snow showed up here a day after Christmas. Eight inches of snow fell, which is the most snow we have seen in Indianapolis for about 2 years now. The last of the brussels sprouts were harvested about one week before Christmas. The only thing left to harvest in the garden are [...] Wow, it has been about 6 weeks since my last post. Sorry for not posting sooner. A lot has changed in the garden since late October. The last head of broccoli was harvested about 3 weeks ago. The fall broccoli produced really well for me this year. The 4 cauliflower plants produced good medium sized heads and were [...] The Fall garden is growing well, despite the bad weather experienced here over the last month or so. The first hard freeze of the season occurred on the morning of October 8th, with a low of 28 degrees recorded on my thermometer. Row covers were used to protect the cool season crops like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, [...] |
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