I was in the yard, sort of cleaning up. I thought the tomatoes were done. They’re not done. But the vines have gotten leggy and annoying. A few of my neighbors were out as well. IT was clearing out some weeds and the Guatemalan couple were clearing the sidewalk of leaves. I gave the couple some ripe tomatoes and some bunches of arugula. I had earlier given a tomato to residents of the Section 8
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The 7th Street Garden is moving to Le Droit Park to the Gage-Eckington School. This Saturday they are looking for volunteers to help out. One of the huge tasks will be moving some of their trees. The garden staff currently don’t have the resources to uproot and relocate a set of trees from the space, including two each of peach, apple, and cherry trees. We
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Cutting board tomatoes 1Originally uploaded by In ShawIt must be tomato time, because they are all over the place. Well all over the place in the yard. Though 2 of the 6 backyard tomatoes plants were complete duds (no fruit), The front yard tomatoes have been making up for it. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been bringing my overflow tomatoes to work and giving the to co-workers. The San
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This morning while I was eating breakfast in the backyard, reading the newspaper, B. yelled over the fence about some bugs spotted on the plants. There are these bugs that sort of look like lady bugs, but aren’t. They need to die. B.’s solution was spray, mine, shake ‘em off the plant and step on them. The are some organic pest control sprays, but stomping seems to be the best earth friendly,
(1 votes, average: 1 out of 5) Loading ...Well it’s August and the edible front yard is moving along quite nicely.
Tomatoes- The patio tomatoes are near done and the bigger tomato plants are beginning to show some fruit. Well some of them. Some are just disappointing thus far, with lots of vines but no little green fruits to show for itself. It could be that other pants are getting in the way.
Beans- Beans, beans a wonderful fruit. The
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Walkway ArugulaOriginally uploaded by In ShawPart of my gardening is based on the idea of throw it on (seeds) or in the ground and see what happens. If it grows cool, if it don’t oh, well.The experiment with the purslane has been great. Seeds were thrown everywhere, and like the weed it is, it grew almost everywhere I put seed down. I’ve been enjoying purslane salads for dinner and lunch for a
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...From the Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Lab at the University Of Massachusetts:
Nutrient Levels: PPM (parts per million/ parts per milligram per kilogram)
Phosphorus (P) 105
Potassium (K) 282
Calcium (Ca) 4263
Magnesium (Mg) 303
Extracted Lead (PB) 34 PPM Estimated Total Lead is 443
“THE LEAD LEVEL IN THIS SOIL IS IN THE LOW RANGE.
READ THE ENCLOSED INFORMATION ABOUT LEAD IN THE SOIL.
FOLLOW THE
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...First, failure. Though I can see the pea vines from the peas I planted, I’m announcing my guerrilla gardening effort a failure. It’s okay. Lessons were learned. For one, though I decided to make just a small plot for the garden, it was a little too deep into the property. When the weeds got up to a certain size I really couldn’t go back there. And didn’t want to wade through the grass and not see
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dollar stores have their place in the universe. Today it was place to grab ever disappearing bobby pins. I don’t know where my pins go, but half a pack grew legs and walked off, thus a need to head over to the dollah sto’ on the 1500 block of 7th.
I got my pins, but a walk around to see what there could be used or repurposed revealed dirt. Not plain dirt but 8 lbs of organic garden dirt from
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This weekend I was feeling pretty good. For the second week I appeared in a Post publication. And though my name didn’t appear as I normally have it( with the first initial), was pleased to see the NCPC borders holding.
But then, later that day, a man knocked on my door. I answered and what he said to me, left me hurt and insulted.
Man: Hello Miss, I do yards ’round here and I can get up those
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