Your Garden

Josh,
That's hysterical! Hopefully since you didn't know what it was, you didn't use it in your cooking. I knew about dangerous plants ( digitalis, monkshood, etc), but that one really needs to come with a warning label!!
Deb

That's pretty funny! I'll be sure to avoid that, though know some people I should recommend it to...

I got a basil plant planted in a pot on the front porch, hoping it will make it!

I'm going to get my herbs next week. Which Rosemary does everyone think is the best for culinary use? I've always tried several different verities but can't tell a whole lot of difference. Does anyone have a favorite? Thanks.

I'm going to get my herbs next week. Which Rosemary does everyone think is the best for culinary use? I've always tried several different verities but can't tell a whole lot of difference. Does anyone have a favorite? Thanks.

Upright rosemary is the kind most associated with cooking. It's a lot easier to get of the stem than the creeping version. You just grab the bottom of the stem an pull upwards towards the top. It's easier than trying to take off every little leaf (which I have witnessed culinary interns doing)

Lettuce ad infinitus..
Radish
Tomatoes (Prudence Purple ... my longstanding favorite)
Hot and schweet pepper varieties
Zucchini
Basil
Woody herbs are perennial with modest care (or absent minded neglect)
Corn both sweet and field is tops on my wish list, but, city gardens have to make space sacrifices.

Big, fresh from the garden, spinach salad with dinner last evening. Planting another row of lettuce and more spinach later today.
Redwinger

Just had first salad from the garden: 4 different lettuces and baby arugula with a champagne viniagrette. So simple, and SOOO good!

Please, please let the rain stay away today- I have to get caught-up on my beds!

Deb

Just FYI to anyone interested...
I visited Thieneman's Nursery this weekend and was amazed at the number of various herbs she had to offer. Something like 18 varieties of Lavender, a dozen or so different mints, 6 or 7 different sage varieties, another 6 or 7 different Rosemaries and on and on. Fully half of one long green house was devoted to herbs. I had a blast checking out the different kinds and 'flavors'. Pretty cool. Her prices were real good too.

I have some broccoli that I planted about 4-5 weeks ago. The plant is HUGE, but there is no broccoli. This is the first time I have ever grown broccoli, so I'm not sure what went wrong. It seems as though it should be harvestable by now. Am I just being impatient?

I have some broccoli that I planted about 4-5 weeks ago. The plant is HUGE, but there is no broccoli. This is the first time I have ever grown broccoli, so I'm not sure what went wrong. It seems as though it should be harvestable by now. Am I just being impatient?

Beth-
I think you may be just a bit impatient. I have not grown broccoli for maybe 10 years, so I'm not an expert. A quick search of the 'net shows that the days to maturity is 50-75 days depending upon the variety.
Hopefully, someone with more first hand experience will chime in here.
Cheers,

Dont worry yet on the broccoli. If you planted real early you might have some by now, but in your case I think you still need a little time. No worries....

So far my garden in majorly sucking. A bit of spinach, some of which caught some kind of virus and some slow as hell growing lettuce. The pepper plants look fricking anemic and the lone tomato plant I put in is asking me to (please God) kill it and put it out of it's misery. This "organic" gardening crap is sh** for the birds, I'm going to find me some good old fashioned "don't use around kids and pets" fertilizer and some state of the art fungicide and get this stuff GROWING !!

Peas, beans, peppers, cucumbers, beets, and maters, all fertilizer, pesticide, and fungicide free coming along nicely.

So far my garden in majorly sucking. A bit of spinach, some of which caught some kind of virus and some slow as hell growing lettuce. The pepper plants look fricking anemic and the lone tomato plant I put in is asking me to (please God) kill it and put it out of it's misery. This "organic" gardening crap is sh** for the birds, I'm going to find me some good old fashioned "don't use around kids and pets" fertilizer and some state of the art fungicide and get this stuff GROWING !!

Steve-
For some reason our lettuce got off to a slow start as well. That said, it has really perked up over the last week or so and we can pick enough to meet our daily salad needs. No problems with the spinach and have been pestering the neighbor to take some off our hands...they don't seem terribly enthused about locavore greens.

So far my garden in majorly sucking. A bit of spinach, some of which caught some kind of virus and some slow as hell growing lettuce. The pepper plants look fricking anemic and the lone tomato plant I put in is asking me to (please God) kill it and put it out of it's misery. This "organic" gardening crap is sh** for the birds, I'm going to find me some good old fashioned "don't use around kids and pets" fertilizer and some state of the art fungicide and get this stuff GROWING !!

Steve-
For some reason our lettuce got off to a slow start as well. That said, it has really perked up over the last week or so and we can pick enough to meet our daily salad needs. No problems with the spinach and have been pestering the neighbor to take some off our hands...they don't seem terribly enthused about locavore greens.

Bill,

Actually the garden's not in too bad of shape, considering the lack of attention I've given it.. We've been dealing with some extended-family health issues and I've had a bunch of other "must do" projects to attend to (this retirement crap ain't easy ya know). So all in all I shouldn't complain.

That and to be honest the stuff I put in didn't come from a locavore source...so it's not surprising to me that it didn't grow. I'll be out at John and Anne Hagan's Greenhouse in Mt. Eden this weekend to pick up "the good stuff"...THEN we're going to see some results.

As a side note...seriously...John and Anne have THE best stock I've seen. We were out there visiting last weekend and everything looked GREAT. Not sure of their market schedule but folks should definitely seek them out.