Sunday, April 11, 2010

okra,brussels sprouts

Okra in the incubator,along with cactus mix that the kids planted.
Too windy to do much outside.I would like to plant some more carrots,
beets & maybe another row of kale.
Brussels sprouts seeds are in the coldframe (  unheated breezeway) along
with the artichoke plants that need a few weeks of 50 deg weather
in order to produce chokes as an annual.
Peppers & tomatoes are under the lights in the homemade greenhouse (photos soon)
Yard & raised beds are pretty much cleaned up.
Lisa's flower beds look great,lots of blooms already.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

UPDATE

Planted lettuce (jericho) & some arugula.
Forgot to mention starting cardoons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardoons
a week or two ago.
Malabar spinach is not doing well,not sure what the problem is.
Next into the incubator: okra,hope to make okra pickles.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

PEAS & KALE

Peas (burpee burpeeana early) &
kale (wild garden mix) in the ground today.

About 3/4 of the 72 pepper plants have
germinated thus far.

tomatoes

Started tomato seeds about a week ago.
Looks to be 100% germination.
Pretty good considering about half of the 72
I planted were last years seed.

DELICIOUS
MARTINI'S ROMA
OPALKA
TAXI
PRUDENS PURPLE
PINAPPLE
SUPER SAN MARZANO
COUSTRLEE
YELLOW BRANDYWINE
JET SONIC
JAPANESE BLACK TRIFILE
& A RAINBOW BEEFSTEAK MIX