April 2014 - slow spring

Every time I want to take a camera -there is almost nothing to report!
The spring is so sloooooow. It was the first week when the soil became workable and I planted peas, greens and bare-root strawberries.

Mulch work on the front beds - half done!

 The first ones!

 So many beds to clean - so many things to do. I wish I had 4 arms or  48 hr/day

 Cold frame greens.

 New planted Asian cabbages.

 Garlic bed after cleaning and fertilizing with "Urea".

 Radishes.

 Asian greens

 Horseradish

 Spring cabbage

Mulch again

DIY Squirrel Feeder with Corn Cob Holders

I can see (and enjoy) the birds feeder from my office windows.



My squirrels! They are so funny and hungry, so I am getting them corn on a cob.




But they are smart and hungry and they always get the corn from a tree (I used just a rope) and hide it in the forest.

So today after watching another squirrel fight  I decided to make a corn cob holder out of copper wire. Most of the time I am making jewelry, so why not to use inexpensive copper wire (dead soft, 22 gauge)
5 minutes of weaving - and look!

"I am watching!!"

Thanksgiving harvest

Happy Thanksgiving for All of Us!

 The garden is frozen, but the harvest was so good today!


Parsnips are huge! Cant wait to take them.

 Asian radish "Shogoin Globe" from 
Kitazawaseed 

First time to grow, first time to harvest!

The description says -
A large, round white daikon with a green neck. It has firm, crispy flesh with a mild taste. Harvest when roots reach 6" diameter. Suited to heavy clay soils. The roots develop mainly above ground; the leaves protect the roots well.

And the rest - celery, carrots, beets (very small this year), greens.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Harvest Monday - August 19, 2013

A lot of greens, kale, tomatoes....
and I saved some of the squashes from vine borers!

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Harvest Monday - July 8, 2013

I got cuces!
Last year I have had a lot of seedlings, but almost no cucumbers, this year I tried different type of plants and places - greenhouse, pots, open raised beds.
And now I can eat them -

 China palace king and strait 8












I also have some of the first banana peppers and last of the garlic scrapes.


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Morning in July's garden

Good Morning!

 My next harvest will be - echinacea flowers and leaves for tea.

 My favorite - sungold!

 Just a weed!

 Second napa set (the first one is on the kitchen table making kimchi)

 All the garlic fall down

 Beets and coriander

Kimchi