tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57701464599419217132024-03-12T19:17:37.593-07:00And Sow My Garden GrowsGardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author UnknownAnd Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-18735827170481876252012-04-25T12:04:00.001-07:002012-04-25T12:04:21.646-07:00April Happenings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last weekend our tomatoes went in. We only have 9 plants this year. Two are cherry tomatoes and two heirloom and only one that is determinate. All but one were purchased from our local nursery and one of the heirlooms was from a local Master Gardening event I attended. I may be tempted to purchase one more this year if I can find a spot for it. I'm thinking a green zebra. We are already maxed out on garden space as I over did it with onions and garlic this year and they both have a handful of growing days ahead of them. I'm hoping to find a location for a least two squash plants and a cucumber plant as well but both require ample room to sprawl. Perhaps vertical growing is the way to go here. Our lovely rhododendron is in full bloom and putting on quite a pink show in our front yard and between our pink jasmine in the back and cecil brunner rose in front, the smell outside is amazing. Sam's lettuce is thriving and ready for harvest now and his arugula is almost there. Maggie's red onions will be the first of many harvested and her radishes are growing successfully! Our first radishes ever. Looking forward to the weeks to come. I'm waiting patiently for the back yard to explode in color from the cosmos, zinnias and sunflowers. I have a feeling our garden will be very productive this year.<br /><br /><br />
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<br />And Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-28050361746446473172012-03-08T18:45:00.000-08:002012-03-08T18:45:44.072-08:00No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbcuf2FImtKMY0M7c8wl12-WpVbJh5wUn-uxl2JNH9V7UOngPqaMRB17DgVbjYN5ddkPENFJd8ik5QYkB-LY20AMz0-mVOeJJWk43n253jcaCC0CUdu288LQZ5cTnlT2IgMfu-kxJ-Gk/s1600/photo(334).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbcuf2FImtKMY0M7c8wl12-WpVbJh5wUn-uxl2JNH9V7UOngPqaMRB17DgVbjYN5ddkPENFJd8ik5QYkB-LY20AMz0-mVOeJJWk43n253jcaCC0CUdu288LQZ5cTnlT2IgMfu-kxJ-Gk/s640/photo(334).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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I must remember not to the plant garlic where I plan to plant our summer veggies! Spring planting always seems so far out to me when I plant the garlic and I'm not known for patience. I love the look of the greens coming through the straw. I also love the fact that one bed is completely planted.<br />
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Yesterday I planted about 8 rows of lettuce and 2 rows of arugula. A must have on Colin's homemade pizza - yum! Today I plan to finish planting the leeks and more onions and this weekend the composter will be converted to a potato growing bin. We have a stackable composter which allows us to achieve what they did in this great <a href="http://ft2garden.powweb.com/sinfonian/?page_id=12">tutorial here</a>. We will be growing both red and white potatoes this year.And Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-85377912624505342852012-01-28T14:22:00.000-08:002012-01-28T14:22:29.058-08:00Janurary's seeds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplrTrpxcWktbi8uQkJrzoaUPPp_apc76RKGb4ngSTgjpn7OfXUr7W1PTnhivXnNsAf_qkENlsgPFvsJRWPoDPKlcDc7clAO3dQP7yvk0u8WQmImZmyr4BfTPvFGv86qecvnOwGFCbR0Y/s1600/photo(252).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplrTrpxcWktbi8uQkJrzoaUPPp_apc76RKGb4ngSTgjpn7OfXUr7W1PTnhivXnNsAf_qkENlsgPFvsJRWPoDPKlcDc7clAO3dQP7yvk0u8WQmImZmyr4BfTPvFGv86qecvnOwGFCbR0Y/s400/photo(252).JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div>And Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-41508790660601481812011-09-18T12:06:00.000-07:002011-09-18T12:06:37.469-07:00The September gardenThe leaves are starting to change color and the smells have changed in the air. School has started and most of us gardeners are planting our fall veggies. Some of us have unsightly tomato plants with green tomatoes hanging all over them wondering when and if they're going to turn red. It was a pretty cool summer here and only now with the recent heat the tomatoes starting to turn red. Here is an article I read this morning regarding this subject. Looks like I wasn't the only one disappointed this year with our crop.<br />
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-living/ci_18912349?source=rss <br />
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Maggie's Chinese cabbage is growing beautifully and we have lots of red onions & walla walla onions in the ground. Carrots and lettuce are sprouting and any day the beet seeds I planted should will too. Here are some recent happenings from out back..<br />
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And Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-70975974231613675682011-07-28T13:49:00.000-07:002011-07-28T13:49:37.015-07:00Goodbye JulyHard to believe that summer is almost over. The fall school clothing and Halloween items are already well stocked in the stores. We are anticipating the new school year and are in denial that Maggie is going into 4th grade and Sam 1st and that little Amelia is already 4 months old. Crazy. I gave up hope on our tomatoes this year. The plants are tall and leggy. We have had a few ripe tomatoes so far and we're not impressed. Thank God for farmer's market. The herbs however are enjoying this cool summer and we have enjoyed making homemade pesto a lot. The beans look like they're doing well and we should be picking a bunch any day now. I love the way the vines are up against the fence, creating a green wall. The sunflowers are tall and happy. Never a favorite of mine but I am enjoying them more and more every year. They happen to face our 90 year old neighbor's house and she looks forward to seeing them. They bring her so much pleasure. We now plant them for her. The bright light cosmos are indeed bright orange, beautiful and wild. All of them reseeded from last year. They even managed to reseed over the fence along the creek. Beautiful. looking forward to our first acorn squash, Sam's plant is amazing! Our vacation away with family will happen soon and when we return, I will be mapping out the winter garden. I already know that one bed will be full of onions and another with garlic and of course we'll have plenty of lettuce. For now though, I'll enjoy these last few days of summer and those sunflowers.<br />
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</div>And Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-15773878260939391902011-07-16T13:43:00.000-07:002011-07-16T13:43:31.717-07:00Our First PotatoesWe harvested our first potatoes yesterday. We planted the seeds in early Feb and didn't know what to expect. Amelia was born in March and needless to say, the potatoes fell victim to neglect. Not a good thing with container gardening. The plants never bloomed and actually withered away altogether. Yesterday we dumped the container expecting to see nothing and we found a handful of potatoes from each container. It was pretty exciting! We are definitely going to grow them again and I imagine with more attention and care, we will have even more to harvest.<br />
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Overall it's been a very mild summer for us here. We've had only a handful of days of intense heat unlike <a href="http://maybellinesgarden.blogspot.com/">Maybelline's Garden</a> over in Bakersfield - yikes. Perhaps that's why our tomato crop was not anything to brag about. We also got hit this year with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tettigoniidae">katydids</a> and sadly they devoured a few of our tomato plants and reproduced like mad. There are a few more tomato plants left in the beds but I'm giving up hope on them as they are becoming quite an ugly site. I'm about to fill a few more vases of zinnias up before I yank those out too. I hate to pull them out while they seem to still be doing so well but want to make sure that I have the room for the fall garden. The zucchini is still thriving and showing no signs of stopping so quiche is definitely on our menu this week and we have a ton of tomatillos, eggplant and bell peppers that are soon ready to harvest. Sadly we had no luck with our pumpkins this year so we'll make yet another trip with the kids to the pumpkin patch, which is always quite fun and bring four home. With the exception of the noisy leaf blowers on our street throughout the week, I just love this time of year.And Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-71695662378683411212010-07-26T09:32:00.000-07:002010-07-26T09:32:00.016-07:00The Secret Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just home from a fabulous time seeing my family in Southern California. It was great spending time with them. Their garden was a delight to see. New beds were built in 2009 and huge change has taken place down there. They have a composting area, grapes growing and it is definitely a place any gardener would admire. Their garden sits at the bottom of a terraced backyard and it certainly qualifies as a secret garden as a narrow stone pathway is the only way to get there. My dad made these garden beds for my mom and they are quite charming to look at. I just love how the boards sit at different heights creating a more interesting look than your standard garden bed. I've never seen green zebra tomatoes like my mom's. Her plant (yes, 1) was monstrous and there was absolutely no way we were leaving without incorporating them into a meal. I came home inspired and more enthusiastic about our garden and the fall planning is under way.<br />
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The top cucumber is from Sam's garden bed and although he refuses to try cucumbers I'm hoping he'll give this one a try and love them from here on out. Maggie picked about 5 of these little cute little cucumbers (bottom) off her side of the trellis. We plan to cut them in to spears and pickle them tomorrow. I'm hoping to find a easy dill pickle recipe. I think I'm going to give refrigerator pickling a try (they'll be gone in no time anyhow) Still waiting for a miracle to happen with the tomato plants - they're not as showy and full of tomatoes as they were this time last year. Leggy is the best word for them here. The zinnias & cosmos are blooming and the pumpkin plants are spilling out of the beds everywhere and are a delight to see! 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I planted our tomato plants much earlier last year (I think it was the 1st weekend in April) This year I waited until later (April 19) and with the very wet and cool spring, I'm glad I did. I'm still waiting for the Sun God to turn up the heat. My tomato plants are really on the leggy side this year - not as full and bushy as last year. I should follow my daughter's advice and not look at them so often. Maybe a long weekend away is calling us.And Sow My Garden Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08539691742144701242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770146459941921713.post-32585956978655195112010-06-23T21:09:00.000-07:002010-06-23T21:09:14.534-07:00Parking Strip GardensRecently we had our street resurfaced. I asked the contractor on the job if he'd lift the cement from our parking strip. Not only did he do it but he also took away the concrete as well (what a nice guy!) We plan to plant lawn and crape myrtles there in the fall giving us something to look at other than the street and parked cars. I have always been a fan a tree lined streets and was told that years ago our street was once like this. While surfing the net one day I stumbled across another great garden blog called <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/3748689892_4b68b498b4_b.jpg&imgrefurl=http://greenwalks.wordpress.com/tag/veggies/&usg=__GgZuW3QWqX59L4wQyI3Y2CD-7YI=&h=768&w=1024&sz=490&hl=en&start=1&sig2=N-yod8IFhbMvvngqlKEyDw&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=3Gnz_wIHB8krWM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dparking%2Bstrip%2Bveggie%2Bbed%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=MFoVTI7wO4-hnQem3OT4Cw"> Greenwalks.</a> It's about Seattle parking strip gardens. The pictures are lovely and I find it very inspiring. The trees and sod will eventually be planted in our parking strip but in the meantime four zucchini plants are loving the full sun out front and it makes me happy to know there will plenty to share with our neighbors.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2010/02/01/roasted-garlic-three-ways/">Garlic Three Ways (Thanks Hungry Mouse!)</a><br />
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No more tomatoes! My new mantra. I keep saying this but found myself yesterday at our local nursery resisting the urge to stick more tomato plants into my cart. I was alone and was enjoying the moment. I fought off the lemon boy and black krim tomatoes successfully from making their way into my cart but the black cherry tomato plant had to come home with me. This summer I definitely want bruschetta with a variety of cherry tomatoes. We have 4 cherry tomato plants now going strong. I've read wonderful things about the <a href="http://tomatolover.com/black-cherry-tomato/">black cherry tomato</a> from fellow garden bloggers and apparently they are pretty prolific growers. This makes 23 tomato plants for us this year. What kind of tomatoes are you growing this year?? <br />
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<li>Celebrity</li>
<li>Cherokee Purple from seed x 2</li>
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<li>Super Steak x 2</li>
<li>Beefsteak x 3</li>
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