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Friday garden digest 8/19

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022Posted in GardenTagged beans, bees, community garden, denver, Denver urban gardens, Garden, squash, tomatoes, vegetables, weekly garden digest 2022, yard, zucchini4 Comments

I was sick all week but my garden did not care.

Harvest

For some reason I’ve started weighing my fruit.

Developments

Saturday garden digest 8/13

August 13, 2022August 19, 2022Posted in GardenTagged community garden, denver, Denver urban gardens, Garden, squash, tomatoes, vegetables, weekly garden digest 2022, zucchiniLeave a comment

Developments

Harvest

Retirements

None that I can think of.

Did my garden miss me?

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022Posted in GardenTagged colorado, community garden, cucumbers, denver, Denver urban gardens, squash, tomatoes, vacation, vegetables, yard, zucchini2 Comments

I went out of town for two weeks, which is a long time in the life of a garden in the middle of summer! I returned to a few surprises.

Yard garden

I left my yard garden un-tended as many plants were going to seed or seemed to be struggling. I left the few plants I believed in within range of my automatic sprinklers (controlled by the building), and said a prayer. I returned to find some things ready (ish) to harvest despite my absence!

In general the yard is really greening up. I’m letting it go wild a bit this year to discover what it naturally wants to do before I make any modifications.

Harvest? Zuchini appears rotten at the end but the slugs enjoyed it.

Garden plots

A small village of people looked after my plots’ watering needs while I was gone, and I was pleasantly surprised to find all of my flowers doing better than when I left, squash development, healthy Swiss chard, and some baby peppers!

In short- no, my garden did not miss me.

Garden tour: carrots

August 20, 2021August 20, 2021Posted in GardenTagged Alaska, carrots, container gardening, Garden, vegetablesLeave a comment

I started carrots as an afterthought after radishes proved to be so exciting. I started them late, so I don’t think I’ll see them reach their full potential. So far they’ve gotten very leafy and I’ve pulled a few that are starting to look like carrots.

As everyone on the internet tells you, starting seedlings then transplanting them does in fact result in crooked carrots, but I don’t carrot too much (heh). I was more concerned with making sure the seedling were viable under grow lights before putting them outside because the weather can be so fickle here.

Not too much to report on carrots except to say I’d try them again, and their leaves smell like parsley. Could be interesting to use in recipes.