Purple Artichokes
I’ve recently planted some seeds for purple artichokes, and they have spouted. They are still very small put I’m hoping to get some that eventually look like these. Someone told me they get huge so I’m growing them in a pot so I can give them plenty of room. Has anyone ever grown them? Photo [...]
Cauliflower
This is my most beautiful vegetable garden creation yet! I started this in my raised bed and I’ve recently put netting over this bed to keep the cabbage butterflies out. So far everything is propering.
My Volunteer is a Pumpkin
Flickr photo by Living in Monrovia What I thought originally was a zucchini plant turned out to be pumpkin. I think at one point I put a whole pumpkin in my compost and after moving the composter to a new location, this is what happened! Okay by me…I was having a hard time deciding what [...]
Where does your manure come from?
I’m always keeping my eye out for information about the safety of the food chain and the dangers of industrial farming practices, and today ran across a story on the change.org website about fertilizer—particularly manure. Sure, we all know that milk without antibiotics is better for us (so we don’t build up resistance in our [...]
Some kind of squash…
I have a volunteer squash where my compost pile used to be and it’s becoming gigantic!
