Update of an old recipe for delicious raspberry tarts
Category Archives: Gardening in the Suburbs of St Paul
Digging out
Spring is finally approaching in snowy New England, and not a minute too soon. We’re starting to see patches of lawn through the snow and I *think* I spotted a few daffodils shoots springing up. In the meantime we’re getting ready for the growing season and counting our blessings as we keep in mind thoseContinue reading “Digging out”
Gratuitous Garden Post
Ok, the weather is more like fall and I’ve emerged from a long hot summer full of gardeny goodness and watering. Lots of watering. While I get the blog back into some sort of order here are some random garden pics…
Selective Taste
We have a mysterious visitor to the garden… my suspicion is that the adorable woodchucks up the hill have something to do with this. However, they seem to have very discerning taste. In fact, the following photo illustrates the only damage done since the fence went up. I believe that this used to be aContinue reading “Selective Taste”
Gardening – the good, the bad and the itchy
In the good news column we have the square foot veg garden. The cold weather crops are growing visibly by the day and we just enjoyed our first spinach salad. For any who may be interested, the home-made dressing was a blend of red wine vinaigrette, honey mustard, minced garlic and fresh parsley, pepper, saltContinue reading “Gardening – the good, the bad and the itchy”
Garden time – Row cover tutorial!
Spring is rolling along here in New England – I’ve calculated that we’re about 5 weeks from our last frost date, so the veggie gardening is getting busy. We built 3 raised beds this year and a cold frame to give the veg an extra head start. Everything is crammed in the sunniest corner ofContinue reading “Garden time – Row cover tutorial!”
Planning the growing season
If I haven’t updated the blog as recently as we might have liked, blame the weather. It is unseasonably warm and lovely, filling my head with dreams of this summer’s garden. Since we recently moved into our home, this season is the first to start painting on the canvas of our property. While a littleContinue reading “Planning the growing season”
A Vermi-update
I’ll admit right off that the worm’s compost bin has been going through a rough patch. Everything was great at first, but then an odd smell arose and many of the red worms went mushy. Not fun. Instead of happy, healthy red worms I now had a bin full of food and millions of littleContinue reading “A Vermi-update”
Dreaming of Spring
Yet another winter storm warning tonight and tomorrow and we’re all starting to feel the winter gloom. However, spring is just around the corner and it is garden planning time. To keep motivation high, it seems like a good time to share some photos from last year’s deck garden. I have to say, my EarthboxContinue reading “Dreaming of Spring”
Feeling extra crunchy today…
…in a granola and back-to-earther sort of way. Our home has officially become a vermicomposting site! I meant to get this whole thing going right after the holidays, but better late than never. I’d been reading (in various crunchy publications of course) about the joys and benefits of composting with red worms. They are easyContinue reading “Feeling extra crunchy today…”