Plant it, Grow it, Eat it, Compost it
Adventures in sustainable, high-density, urban veggie gardening… on a budget.
Not a huge harvest considering our vermin woes…
Look! It’s our first ripe watermelon
Our little watermelon was finally ripe. I quickly cut it off the vine and brought it in the house for fear it get nibbled on.
Just how can you tell when to harvest a watermelon?
Well after a bit of research along with trial and [...]
…or make like a bee.
Today, I got a chance to help out the many busy pollinators out there in the garden. We planted watermelon vines both in the front garden where we planted them with success last year and in the back since I had an extra seedling.
This morning I noticed an open female [...]
Grow, Baby Grow!
Back on July 2, Patti noted that our watermelon plant was quite small. We’ve had a few hot spells since then which resulted in our first watermelon. Here it is next to a tennis ball. There are a few other tiny ones on the vine but much depends on whether we will get [...]
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Perhaps you know the saying “Knee high by the 4th of July”. That’s what they say about corn.
This is a picture of our watermelon plant less than 48 hours before the 4th and it’s not looking very promising. It hasn’t been great weather for hot loving plants.
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Mountain Rose
Organic Herbs and Seeds
CURRENT MOON
An Edible Landscape
on the White House Lawn?
Grab the Feed
