Garden state
byTime for a quick garden update. The Jerusalem artichokes are leafing out nicely, despite getting almost no water in between rainfalls. Their drought-tolerance is…
farming
Shoots as ladders
byPasaquan is an astounding place of inspiration. Eddie Owens Martin, aka St. EOM, began to cultivate this visionary art site back in the 1950s, and…
Sweetening the pot(ato)
byRan into my farmer friend Becky while picking up CSA veggies at the market and discovered we share a common sickness. Neither of us can…
The good, the bad, and the slugly
byHad quite the rude awakening Monday morning upon discovering most of our onion leaves were broken at 90° angles and already turning brown. It…
Topsy turvy
byLast year’s tomatoes were a disaster. I knew they would probably suck because, with only two raised beds in full sun, we couldn’t do…
Greetings from Spudnik
bySpudnik seems to be on target for its summer crop of Yukon Gold potatoes. When we came back from our two-week road trip, the…
In the weeds
byWhen a neighbor tore out his chimney, we couldn’t resist using the bricks to pave a walkway in front of the house. It seemed…
Casting call
byI’ve always been a lazy gardener, never bothering with regular fertilizer application. But even when growing organically, plants need nutrient snacks to thrive, so…
Root bound and down
byWhen friends Chris and Jenny gave us a loquat for the orchard, it was living in a tiny temporary container. But after a few…