For the first time in several years, I am growing food for myself again. We have a ten by ten plot in a community garden about a mile from our house. We have planted and tended this little plot as a family and I […]
Category: garden
Starting the Garden
Spring came so early this year, I hardly know when it is time to start planting things outside. I usually plant cool weather crops in late April and yesterday it was in the 70s and I decided it was time to get my container garden […]
A World of Flavors
Remember my little container garden? I have a few cucumbers, some not yet ripe cherry tomatoes, and herbs. I realized, better late than never, that the mint, sage, and rosemary should be cut back. I trimmed some of their leggy growth which has encouraged the […]
Garden Update
It may not look like much, but I love my little garden! I’m not quite sure if I can call it a garden, but the assorted containers on our back porch (which isn’t quite a porch either) are doing well, despite not being in the […]
Sowing Seeds
All of the planting and seed sowing I have done recently has gotten me thinking a lot about the seeds we plant all the time and the things we choose to nurture. This started when I was writing my most recent newsletter, talking a little […]
Full of Possibilities
I am always amazed by seeds. That these tiny, dry, sometimes strangely shaped bits can, with soil, water, and sunlight become the plants that feed and sustain us. Each seed is the potential for life and it is incredible to think of them in the […]
Guide to Finding the Fresh, Local, and Green
Spring is slowly awakening here in Minnesota. I started a new job on a farm on Monday, which is why I haven’t posted until today. It has been nice to get outside and feel more connected with the earth. We’re supposed to get snow tonight, […]
Starting with the seeds and soil
Gray skies, frosty ground, and nearly freezing air. Its the tail end of the growing season here. This is the time when longing for a comfortable seat by the woodstove is balanced with cheeks flushed as I warm up with physical work in the cold […]
Garden Morning
It was a cool morning in the community garden, the light of early fall, dew heavy. Except for the tomatoes which did not survive late blight, everything is growing well. There are so many obstacles and challenges — excessive rain, insects and other hungry […]
Signs of Life
A few weeks ago I planted the first seeds of the year. The miracle of something so small, hard and shriveled awakening from the dark, cool soil has begun. For now the little sprouts are so precious, worth a picture, even. They will grow and […]