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Garden Update

Purple Cabbage

Water droplets

Potato plants

Grape vine

A promising tomato plant

Squash

Peppers

Cilantro

Okra

Brocoli

Beans

Basil and Garlic

Lemon balm

Baby squash

Swiss Chard

Onions

Peas, Onions & Swiss Chard!

Peas, a green onion and swiss chard, all from our garden!

We're looking forward to the produce to come in the next few days and weeks.

Cauliflower, etc.

 

The cauliflower has a small head on it about the size of a fist!

 

 

There is also a small broccoli head!!

 

 

Cauliflower, woohoo!!!

 

 

Red cabbage

 

 

A small cabbage head has appeared!

 

 

The transplanted asparagus has grown very tall. We can't eat any of it for another few months.

 

 

The asparagus stalk stands tall

 

 

A beautiful sunset at this suburban homestead.

 

Around the Garden

 

The asparagus has sprouted through the ground, and is growing quite well!

Caleb worked on installing a better rain-water collection system.

Some of the water will go into this small(er) 55 gallon barrel, while the rest will go into a much larger 200-250 gallon barrel.

A work in progress

 

Workin’ in the Garden

 

Dirt transportation

 

 

Asparagus after being transplated

More onions in the ground

Hard work

Lots of earthworms to enrich the soil...

...but not to eat!!

Planting the cabbages

An onion root

A cabbage leaf

Planting more onions

Onions and Cabbage in the ground

 

 

Green algae

And, yes, there are already dandelions springing up!

 

Starting Tomatoes

 

Tomatoes are started!  Hopefully they will survive long enough to stay inside while the weather get warm (consistently!).   Stay warm with this weird winter weather.  Today it’s quite nice, but tomorrow the sleet and snow comes yet again!

 

Little seedling in the sun

 

Growing well

 

 

Shadowy

 

 

Standing tall

 

Spring Is Coming!!

The Spring-time itch has come to this suburban homestead.  Seeds are starting indoors, the onions are in the ground, and there’s much more work to be done!  The past couple of days the weather has been gorgeous, in the 70′s, and the sun is shining beautifully.  We have even had our windows open, and were able to hang clothing out on the line to dry naturally.

Spring-time is coming, and we’re getting ready!  Stay tuned as we update you as to our success of growing our own food… in the city.

 

Broccoli seedlings

 

 

Our seed starting equipment

 

 

Growing Lights

 

 

Onions in the dirt

 

 

Clothing on the line

 

 

Garden 2010 Pictures

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Suburban Homestead Garden – Episode 1

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