Molly is almost as excited about the stawberries turning red as we are. She insists on “checking” on them everytime she goes out in the yard. She sniffs and nudges, but (so far) doesn’t take a bite. She’s even sweeter than a perfectly ripened organic strawberry. I want to do a post on gardeners’ dogs [...]
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organic “baby” broccoli
I wanted to share a quick post about our on-going organic broccoli harvest. As I described in the first broccoli harvest post, after you cut the large center head, “baby” broccoli shoots continue to grow along the stalk for about six weeks. It’s been about 5 weeks and they show no sign of slowing. It [...]
harvesting broccoli
Look at how big and beautiful our broccoli is! Drew and I can hardly wait to taste to the organic green goodness. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait another week or so. In the meantime, I thought I’d share some tips for harvesting and storing your homegrown broccoli.
Harvesting
Although we ‘re waiting another week to allow [...]
thanksgiving progress
Sorry, I’ve been slacking off with my posts. With the Thanksgiving holiday everything slows down a bit – except our garden! A weeks worth of sunshine and a couple days of rain really got things going. It’s so exciting. The broccoli’s taller, the lettuce & spinach leaves are wider, the strawberry plants are living up [...]
setting up our organic vegetable garden
We’re really doing it……
This weekend we setup phase 1 of our organic garden, using the EarthBox we planted broccoli, spinach and red leaf lettuce. We also created a terraced pot with 8 strawberry plants. We were sure to use only the best organic potting soil and fertilizers; the earthbox was simple to setup.
It felt great [...]
the farm in the city
Our mission to grow our own meals was inspired by an unbelievable San Diego resource (and all-around great guy) affectionately known as “Farmer Bill” at City Farmers Nursery. Bill Tall founded the family owned, organic garden supply nursery, just outside of downtown San Diego, in 1972. It is such a fun place to spend an [...]
