Garden Update
Posted by Reagan on 26 May 2008 at 08:24 pm | Tagged as: Gardening, General, The Organic Life
Tonight we had our very first homegrown Iowa Dinner! Fresh Spinach and Romaine from the garden topped with pork tenderloin. Rich slathered the tenderloin in mustard, cumin, salt, pepper, and old bay seasoning. Then grilled it really slowly. YUM!!!
As of today here are the updates on some of the garden beds. Below is a section of spinach. These plants were sown directly to the garden on 4-15-08. They are Organic Erste Ernte Spinach. Tonight’s dinner was taken only from our “thinning profits” The flavor is amazing! Mason loves it!
Our two rows of tomatoes, on the left is an entire row of Heinz Tomatoes. There is a row of plants on either side of the fence. The row on the right has a few Heinz, a few Romas, and a few Big Beef Tomatoes. These plants were started indoors 3-26-08 and transplanted outside on 5-15-08.
The left row is the same row of various tomatoes in the picture above. The row on the right are 4 circles of Sugar Star Snap Peas and 4 circles of Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Peas. These were direct sown on 4-15-08. Why circles you ask? I had an idea about a pea growing structure using a pvc tube with an old bike wheel on the top and bottom. String woven between the wheels would be the perfect place for them to grow.
This is a shot of our Yukon Gold and Red Potatos and Lancelot Leeks row. We’ve never grown either of these so we’ll see how it goes! They were started from sets on 4-14-08.
A view of our Organic Butterhead (right) and Organic Crisphead (left) Lettuces. What you can’t see “yet” are the Ogranic Rodelika Carrots. They are just now starting to show their ferny little heads. These were all direct sown on 4-15-08.
More Onions! These are Red Burgermaster. Direct Sown Sets 4-14-08 Not pictured are the row before that is full of onions. They are our Walla Wallas (fresh eating and cooking, and freezing). There are also lots of Copra Onions for storage. Also some Guardsman Bunching Onions are in the previous bed.
The bright green leafy stuff on the left of this picture is our Erste Ernte Organic Spinach.
This is only a portion of the gardens!! We’ll keep you updated!
Nice gardens! Mama just has tons of flower & hosta gardens. Keeps her busy enough. She wishes she had time for a food garden. We told her we could help her dig, heheheh!
Luv & Wirey Hugs!
Butchy & Snickers
Like the garden.. had any hopping rat issues (rabbits)? Luckily country people don’t have the problem with rabbits us city dwellers do. A few years ago the rabbits ate my entires garden of luttuce and spinach. Even with about every type of rabbit ward off stuff I could find.