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Baby food from the garden

By BrianT
on Feb 17, 2015
in Bean / Pea, Carrot / Beet / Radish, Featured Post, Heirloom

The garden generates a greater amount of utility when there is an infant to feed. Growing one’s own vegetables provides the assurance that food is as safe as it can be. Knowing that my vegetables are pesticide free is a comfort that I enjoy to a great degree.

Peas and carrots. — Peas and carrots. First harvest.

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February: vegetables & herbs in the garden

By BrianT
on Feb 13, 2015
in Allium, Artichoke, Bean / Pea, Garlic, Herbs, Leaf green, Mint, Onion, Parsley, Pepper, Shallot, Vegetable

‘Green Globe Improved’ artichoke grown from seed last year

Arugula

Biggest bok choy grown thus far. It is in the spot with the most amount of sun.

The spot in the garden with the most sun.

The mint are coming out of hibernation.

Broad leaf parsley

Spinach. Update: I planted these two into the ground and they were immediately gobbled up by the pill bugs.

The garden’s second generation shallots. These were grown from the seeds of supermarket shallots.

‘Turkish Giant’ garlic

‘Stuttgarter’ onion

‘Purplette’ onion

I started some paprika peppers last fall and never got around to transplanting them.

‘Anahiem’ peppers set and grew through winter.

‘Fajita’ bell pepper

‘Fajita’ bell pepper growing despite it being winter.

‘Turkish Giant’ garlic slowly growing.

Fennel pretty much seeds itself.

Elephant garlic grown from the bulbils. Here the elephant garlic lifted its hard bulbil shell into the air. It is going to take at least a couple of years before they get softball sized.

First time growing ‘Chesnok’ garlic. Thus far the quickest garlic (aside from Elephant garlic) in the garden.

First time growing Daikon. It is a fast growing plant.

Broccoli floret flowering.

Broccoli. It produced only a bunch of tiny florets. Which made for a quick snack when I am outside checking on the plants.

IMG_6738_1 — ‘Mammoth Melting Sugar Pea’ heirloom snow pea

Bok choy

The bok choy grew faster than I can figure out what to do with them. I have to remember to thin them out more aggressively in the future. Otherwise, the slugs end up enjoying them.

IMG_6870_1 — Bok choy flower

‘Red Creole’ onion seedlings