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Sometimes I wonder why I bother chronicling every step of the garden. It gets pretty tedious. Sometimes like today, I don’t really want to add anything. Then I realize that 6 months from now—when we’re miserable, covered in snow—reading the entries will bring … Continue reading →

Cucumbers like this come off the vine every day. It’s one of the easiest and prolific crops out there. My first tomato. Somehow this was a spiritual experience for a city slicker. Tomatoes are just so intertwined in American society. Cucumber Vines … Continue reading →

We have a super plentiful amount of beets all off one square. It makes a great soup. I put the roots in first and then 10 minutes later, the greens go in. Tomato plants in bloom. After watching the cucumbers bloom out into ‘little … Continue reading →

The garden is growing out of control! The cucumbers have gone about 2 feet up the trellis since building it a week or two ago.  I didn’t get any good cucumber pictures, but they are truly amazing to watch as the ‘grab’ the wire … Continue reading →

If you are looking for an actual recipe stop now. I’m still in the experimental stage, but I’m getting closer. We used to live right next door to Ingles in North Asheville so I often went down for a fresh … Continue reading →

I spent the whole week doing MVC Joomla web development crap, which is often draining.  Visiting my garden gave me new life again. I’ve found something that can give you back energy after the computer takes it away. The Harvest … Continue reading →

I got the idea from another square foot garden blog to keep track of my harvest totals. I’ll keep coming back to this post as the summer wears on: 5/31/10 – 6.75 oz. of lettuce, spinach and basil 6/1/10 – 4.5 … Continue reading →

I had read in the Square Foot Garden book that you can cut your lettuce down and it will grow back. I wasn’t sure exactly how to do this so I searched for a good video on it. This one … Continue reading →

I got to looking at my seeds today and realized that some of this stuff is almost ready to eat. I can never quite remember what I have growing other than the generic names like “Beans” so here’s more detail: … Continue reading →

Two weeks have flown by. I missed last week’s updates due to an extremely heavy work load. I’ve been thinking it’s time to move the garden to it’s own web site so my blog can get back to other things. … Continue reading →