Seed startin

So a little late but hey, I wasn't counting on stumbling into this gorgeous soil...mine is fine and has a lot of worm castings but has a high content yet of this stuff around here which has a lot of clay...functions but not too hot for seed starting. What I'm using to jump start some seeds is is a mix of microrizzhae soil, worm castings, kelp, and bonemeal (some sustainable stuff). Ooo. Yeah! Anyway it's three weeks or so to last frost so this will give the pups a nutrient rich and non-frosty start. 

Mar 27

I love the berries but come on, look at this foliage....compared to my other strawberries current trampled looking appearance.  

Anyway yeah, the other picture didn't zoom in but see here the blueberries up close. 

So then how about those hops? Well, Newport variety:

Cascade variety:

Wait where is the image.

Here is a few little marvel heirloom peas coming up between the cover crop of a new bed...

Oh yeah I built a bed over the winter.

Okay so I built a few.

The one at the bottom of the image is a compost bed on one side with a potato bed on the other side. The plan is to build up the frame and the as the potato grows, and be making soil on the other side to add to the potato side. Near end of season I can remove bottom side pieces and score some potatoes. You dig?

Doesn't look completely straight but I'm not certain the potatoes care. 

sprung

still have conflicting feelings about winter. sure it makes you particularly grateful for spring but yeeg with the cold. One of the only pros i am a fan of, a particularly strong benefit at that, is the temperatures interrupting the cycle of pests for outdoor gardening. so that's good. found ladybugs in the house from time to time over the winter, primarily the harlequin variety, which seem to be in more abundance than the native species at times. Ladybugs are cool but in the house? Not optimal, although I love bugs so...

anyway spring! yes, yes. Here we go!

November 23

November 6

 

October 23

Productivity and tasty foods

many many tomatoes, many varieties!

Rainbow of tomatoes ^_^

making sauce with loads of yellow and red tomatoes, tons of lime basil, garlic, and onions from garden

salad with plenty of greens, borage flowers, and rosemary flowers

one of my favorites: cucumber-arugula sandwich

curly cabbage ready for some slaw! stray lasagna noodle in background for eggplant parmesan lasagna

pickling some cucumbers from the garden 

peach blueberry salsa with onion, red & yellow tomatoes, garlic, and ghost/ poblano pepper from garden...blueberries, jalapeños, and more garlic from the CSA/farm

chamomile harvesting

hyacinth bean seed harvesting