Great radish crop in the heat now. The image below shows a small part of the haul from one plant, ripening beautifully. In the spring, they put their heat in a swollen […]
Summer Radishes Don’t Grow Under the Ground
Walking Onions
Also called “Egyptian Onions”. Yes, they walk. They’re also the first onions of the year. And that year starts now, as you can see. Bonus: they have a website: Egyptian Walking Onion. […]
Spring Onions are Ready for Harvest
Next spring’s onions. Out of last year’s. This year is just a chance to pass the years along.
Orach, the Garden Queen
She is red and beautiful and produces a spinach-like crop (very tasty) all summer long. She is the queen. Ready for a second picking! Just don’t tell the garlic that. A […]
Gardening and Water in The Time of Covid-19
Clouds and rain are not what they seem in a climate that is able to vacuum it up into the sky as quickly as it falls! Everyone’s giving gardening a whirl these […]
Vacuum Cleaner Beans: An Experiment in Early Planting
I planted my purple royalty beans in early April, as they don’t too much mind cold soil. This makes the pillbug and slugs happy. So I plant a few extra, to survive […]
Catching the Rain
Imagine, catching the rain. I’ve spent a year getting ready to do just that. Over the last month, my system of downpipes, pipes, siphons (to go uphill, yay, very important) and barrels […]
You Know Those Leaves You Raked Away Last Fall?
In retrospect, perhaps it was a little anti-social.
Where Do Cherries Come From?
Cherries come from trees is a simple answer, and blossoms a bit more exact, but look: You’re looking at blossoms erupting from the intersection between last year’s wood and the wood of […]
The Pointlessness of Herbicides, or For the Love of Laziness
Herbicides are drugs for the mind. Here’s what a family down the road has done to give themselves a fix, and to take care of the Earth’s pesky problem of being alive […]
