harvests beginning to roll in! nothing like a big old bag of basil! mmmm mustard greens going to seed. i love the contrast between the dark purple leaves & the bright yellow flowers they produce when starting the seed production process red romaine starting to bolt cucumber plants covered in flowers drunken frizzy headed woman […]
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Weird & wonderful summer squash
lemon squash forming fruit – tastes just like yellow zucchini, but in a cute round package Yugoslovian finger fruit squash. one of the coolest looking veggies I have grown Squash blossoms getting pollinated
Community Garden Garlic Harvest
garlic waiting on my dining room table to be tied up & dried for October planting first big community garden harvest – garlic harvest #1, basil & one cucumber (many more to follow!) late planted portugal hot pepper is bigger than it’s plant! lots of cucumbers coming along, planted with a great companion for cooking […]
late July seed garden photos
can’t stop photographing this gorgeous drunken frizzy headed woman lettuce. Can’t wait to add it to my urbantomato 2014 seed collection First sunflower. I love having flowers mixed into my seed garden. Sometimes I collect the seeds, sometimes I love the beauty they add, and I always love that they attract pollinators mammoth purple cabbage […]
fire escape garden
tomatoes & hot peppers are growing along great! zucchini and cucumbers bloomed quickly and are starting to grow up sprouting cucs & zucs from a few weeks ago. they are growing along great now. i ran out of space for my black cherry tomatoes in my garden. I figure, i should have great isolation here […]
summer in the seed garden
garden plan basil is getting big & smelling great! Despite getting a late start in getting everything planted. things are growing like gang busters in the seed garden. i am trying to grow some exciting new things this season. growing five new types of lettuce for seed and working on an artichoke growing experiment. lots […]
Seed Saving Workshop
Tis the season for seed saving! I will be updating tips on how to collect and save your seeds over the next month … Here’s a photo of a seed saving workshop I recently hosted at the Lift Lock Community Garden. I am showing folks how to harvest arugula seeds. …. I am always too […]
mid august harvest!
my seed garden is really starting to produce. picked my first tomatoes & peppers! lots & lots of beans too
Colourful Carrots
I am so happy I am pulling carrots that I planted in early May. They are so colourful & delicious … and I simply cannot stop photographing them when cut up they get even more beautiful lift lock community garden harvest late July …. harvest nestled in with my farmers market purchases.
Late July seed garden
I love cucumbers curly q’s Peppers producing fruit Drunken frizzy headed woman lettuce – can’t wait to have this one in my seed collection! lovely basil. smells so good mmm. spicy arugula …. garden from the entrance. hard to see but there is tonnes of veg planted in here about to produce a cornucopia of […]
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