Things here have been pretty uneventful of late. My classes started on Wednesday so I've been a homework machine. I'm attempting to get far enough ahead of schedule that I won't have to worry about classes when we take our camping trip down the Cape in a couple weeks.
As far as gardening goes, the outdoor plot is steadily turning out some nice veggies. My eggplant have all decided to start bearing fruit all at once and it now looks like in a week or so I'm going to have way more eggplant than I know what to do with. We're already sick of eggplant parmesan so perhaps some rolled eggplant is on the horizon? Honestly though, most of it will probably end up frozen for winter use in stews and the like. I did not think I would be even thinking about freezing this year since I just started this whole gardening endeavor, but I *really* don't think that Stacey and I will be able to eat the 15-20 eggplants, that will surely be ready to pick all at the same time, before they start rotting on the counter.
Showing posts with label 2010 garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 garden. Show all posts
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Garden Work
Did some work in the garden today after getting home from work work. Some very heavy watering was in order considering how dry the soil was so I dragged out the long hose. I'm kinda peeved at whichever gardener used it last because they managed to completely tangle the hose into a million knots and kinks when they put it away. After spending the better part of 10 minutes untangling the beastly thing, I spent an hour slowly watering everything. And when I finished, I carefully re-coiled the hose the right way.... I also finally weeded the tomato/pepper plot as well as the area with the eggplant and celery. It was long overdue and I ended up with a recycling bin filled to the top with weeds. Just slightly embarrassing... I also planted my last row of bush beans for the year, which may or may not mature before my first frost date, but either way they'll help the soil a bit.
I apologize for the lack of pictures... I finally remembered to bring the camera with me to the garden, but did not check to see if the batteries were charged. And of course they weren't..... Pics soon though - I promise!
I apologize for the lack of pictures... I finally remembered to bring the camera with me to the garden, but did not check to see if the batteries were charged. And of course they weren't..... Pics soon though - I promise!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
My Garden - Some pics!
Here are some pics of my garden that were taken about 3 weeks ago!
My "sunny" plot receiving the most sun each day. It gets shade until about 10 am and then is sunny until whenever the sun goes down. It's 5'x6' and has tomatoes, frying peppers and jalapeno peppers.
The fence plot get sun until around 5 pm. It has butternut squash, summer squash and bush green beans. You can see green beans and summer squash here.
And here is the butternut squash along the fence...
Frying peppers.
My very first eggplant ever!
Eggplant, celery and a mixed row in the plot that gets afternoon shade.
Green tomatoes from mystery plants gifted by the Worcester UGROW program
Big bushes of basil
First summer squash!
The same squash, post-picking :)
My "sunny" plot receiving the most sun each day. It gets shade until about 10 am and then is sunny until whenever the sun goes down. It's 5'x6' and has tomatoes, frying peppers and jalapeno peppers.
The fence plot get sun until around 5 pm. It has butternut squash, summer squash and bush green beans. You can see green beans and summer squash here.
And here is the butternut squash along the fence...
Frying peppers.
My very first eggplant ever!
Eggplant, celery and a mixed row in the plot that gets afternoon shade.
Green tomatoes from mystery plants gifted by the Worcester UGROW program
Big bushes of basil
First summer squash!
The same squash, post-picking :)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Looking good!
The garden is looking excellent! I had a mini harvest today and it's my biggest of the season thus far.
3 tomatoes (2 hybrids, 1 heirloom), 1 crookneck summer squash and a handful of green beans. All said and done it was about a pound and a half of veggies.
I have a bunch more crooknecks forming, as well as some nice gold zucchini. Over 5 eggplants have set fruit as well! I'll probably harvest the first of them mid-week for some eggplant parm. The butternut squash I've trained up the chicken wire fence are also setting fruit. One is the size of my fist and the others are the size of a kiwi. Pictures of everything mid week hopefully!
3 tomatoes (2 hybrids, 1 heirloom), 1 crookneck summer squash and a handful of green beans. All said and done it was about a pound and a half of veggies.
I have a bunch more crooknecks forming, as well as some nice gold zucchini. Over 5 eggplants have set fruit as well! I'll probably harvest the first of them mid-week for some eggplant parm. The butternut squash I've trained up the chicken wire fence are also setting fruit. One is the size of my fist and the others are the size of a kiwi. Pictures of everything mid week hopefully!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Garden Introduction
Background
I live in an apatrment in Worcester, MA, which is a fairly large city. Due to the fact that it is a city and I am in an apartment, I don't exactly have a yard. I do have a south-facing 3 season porch that I attempted to container garden on last year. Truthfully, it was a bit of a fiasco. I had no clue what I was doing and did not exactly take the best care of it. So I spent the winter researching what I needed to do to take care of my plants and which plants I wanted to grow. I also decided that the porch was just not gonna cut it this year and did some digging. I ended up uncovering the site for Worcester's Regional Environmental Council (REC) and read about their UGROW program. A few emails late I was part of a community garden! Amazingly I share the space with 3 other gardeners and still have 100 sq ft of gardening space with 8+ hours of sunlight a day.
The Garden
I have 3 spaces in the garden. There is a 6'x6' plot abutting the church that receives sun from sunrise to sunset. I have my tomatoes, bell peppers and spicy peppers in this patch. Directly across from that spot is a 6'x8' plot whose far boundary is the church's parsonage. The front half of this area gets the same amount of sun as the "sunny" plot, but the back half receives a good amount of late afternoon shade. From front to back I have a row of mixed veggie plants, a row of celery, eggplant and finally mint about halfway back. My final spot is a 3'x10' patch along a fence line. This spot get sun from sunrise until about 6 p.m. and is dedicated to bush green beans, summer squash, zucchini and butternut squash.
I live in an apatrment in Worcester, MA, which is a fairly large city. Due to the fact that it is a city and I am in an apartment, I don't exactly have a yard. I do have a south-facing 3 season porch that I attempted to container garden on last year. Truthfully, it was a bit of a fiasco. I had no clue what I was doing and did not exactly take the best care of it. So I spent the winter researching what I needed to do to take care of my plants and which plants I wanted to grow. I also decided that the porch was just not gonna cut it this year and did some digging. I ended up uncovering the site for Worcester's Regional Environmental Council (REC) and read about their UGROW program. A few emails late I was part of a community garden! Amazingly I share the space with 3 other gardeners and still have 100 sq ft of gardening space with 8+ hours of sunlight a day.
The Garden
I have 3 spaces in the garden. There is a 6'x6' plot abutting the church that receives sun from sunrise to sunset. I have my tomatoes, bell peppers and spicy peppers in this patch. Directly across from that spot is a 6'x8' plot whose far boundary is the church's parsonage. The front half of this area gets the same amount of sun as the "sunny" plot, but the back half receives a good amount of late afternoon shade. From front to back I have a row of mixed veggie plants, a row of celery, eggplant and finally mint about halfway back. My final spot is a 3'x10' patch along a fence line. This spot get sun from sunrise until about 6 p.m. and is dedicated to bush green beans, summer squash, zucchini and butternut squash.
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