Planet Veggie Garden

Last Summer Harvest

We’re nearing the end of the ‘08 Summer season. It’s been a so-so growing season – yields have been pretty poor but the quality has been great. I’d say this year’s tomatoes were some of the tastiest in recent years. There’s still some peppers, celery and a few melons yet to pick but [...]

…no, no…not for the trendiest new beverage but a method to save seeds from this season’s most prized tomatoes…Or if you happened to pick up a delicious heirloom from the farmer’s market.
What better way to move towards sustainable gardening than to save your own seeds. Another plus is that as you save seeds from the [...]

Crop rotation has been on my mind since mid-summer. In our plan to up our production, we are putting into place the time honored practice of crop rotation.  Since we are planning a winter garden this year I had to map out not only our winter garden but our spring and summer as well so [...]

to Rotate or not to Rotate, that is the question…
Rotating is an age old practice dating back to Roman times where a crop family is planted in a different bed each year so that the crop is not planted in the same bed for at least 3 years.
Why do such a thing?
Crops are organized in [...]

With the FDA’s new ruling to allow irradiation of lettuce and spinach we are glad that we can easily grow our own.
Here is an inexpensive way to do it with a free banana box from the grocery store, half of a $6 sack of potting soil and a $2 packet of seeds. Or, as I [...]

This was the weekend of field trips…
Yesterday, we took a day trip down to Ben Lomond, CA home of Love Apple Farm. Farmer Cynthia Sandberg gave us and 30 others an incredibly informative class on growing heirloom tomatoes.
I first heard of Love Apple Farm when my sister sent me the link to her page on [...]

Slow Food Nation ‘08 San Francisco City Hall

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A beautiful sunny day, we arrived via BART for the first day of the Slow Food Nation ‘08 Celebration to tour the Victory Gardens in front of San Francisco City Hall.

Surreal View of City Hall Through the Victory Garden

 
It seemed almost surreal to see what was once a [...]

Our Wiggly Worm Wranch, 1st Tray

What makes for a good worm buffet?
In general, any plant based waste with the noted exceptions:
* Pineapple (it has an enzyme that can dissolve your friendly worms…ouch!)
* Citrus and high acid veggies such as onions (worms aren’t too acid friendly. You can use small amounts of acidic scraps.Worms prefer [...]

Slow Food Nation ’08 is coming to town this weekend – August 29th to September 1st. Just what is Slow Food? (from slowfoodusa.org):
Slow Food USA is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America through programs and activities dedicated to Taste Education, Defending Biodiversity and Building [...]

One day my sister, faced with an over abundance of zucchini decided to make a pie.
No, not a savory pie with eggs and cheese and herbs but, well…like an apple pie. With all it’s cinnamony homey goodness. Why not? There’s zucchini bread and muffins and cookies…
Her husband was so happy when he got home and [...]