Monthly Archives: June 2010
Garden update
Here’s my garden now, during our Minnesota daylight bonanza. From top to bottom: garlic, parsnips (at least half of which are dead from some unknown insect), banana peppers + herbs + 2 cauliflower, cabbages + cukes (to the right in … Continue reading
Community Gardening
This year, as part of the University of Minnesota Hennepin County Master Gardener Program (say that 10 times fast), I’ve been caring for a community garden plot at Sabathani community center here in south Minneapolis. Here’s what our plot looks … Continue reading
Filed under Community planning, Gardening, Practical, Theoretical, US Food Production
Garden update
A bumper raspberry crop is on its way! Also, we’ve been harvesting a small bowl of strawberries every day, a nice addition to our breakfasts this past week. If you’ve ever wondered how many strawberry plants you’d need to feed … Continue reading
BUGS
This is turning out to be the summer of pests in my garden. I had cabbage worms two weeks ago, and I’ve had LOTS of rabbit damage. Just about every night, I go out and spray… oh, I don’t know… … Continue reading
New bike (apparently I am a hipster now)
My purple Gitane is not doing so well, so Adam put together a fixed-gear bike from the frame of the Schwinn road bike I was riding for a good year or so: (click to enlarge) Yep, it’s got a pink … Continue reading
Filed under Practical
Garden update, Memorial Day weekend
Here’s how it’s looking out there in the vegetable garden. First, the whole garden, an overview. Adam thought my cardboard aisles looked ghetto so he offered to put down landscape fabric instead. Fine by me. The garlic (foreground) is huge. … Continue reading
