So, we haven’t been to the community garden since June 13th, right before we left for vacation. I finally got down there tonight at around 8:30 pm. Oh My Gosh…like, all that rain we’ve been havin’…our little measly lot has turn into a jungle of sorts! (No, I really don’t talk like that!)
Tonight (from our plot) I harvested:
1 med. head worth of leaf lettuce
Few bits of bib lettuce
15 radishes
Few sprigs of basil
Few sprigs of sage
1 tiny (about the size of a roma tomato) purple bell pepper — I couldn’t wait for it to get bigger!
From the Community Side I Grabbed:
Few sprigs of Dill
Few sprigs of lemon thyme
On my walk home, I harvested some lavendar from a yard — I doubt they’ll notice!
I apologize that these pictures are so fuzzy, but it was just about dark and camera was having issues, or rather I was having issues — either way, the pictures do not speak the true name of our garden.
This last picture is of our plot with our salad & chives up front, super tall radishes, giant cauliflower and broccoli and wild and sprawling black heirloom tomatoes (at the far end). There are other things in there, but those are the biggest guys right now.
Over the last couple of weeks the kiddo and I have been venturing outside to tend to the yard and garden areas. We are about to get some plants into the soil.
Today we planted some really old cucumber seeds, poppy flower seeds and sweet basil seeds to see if they were any good. It was just something to hold over the kiddo until our local nursery (The Urban Gardener) opens up in a couple days.
Our List of Things to be Planted:
- Lemon Balm (melissa officinalis)
- German Chamomile (matricaria recutita)
- Apple Mint [woolly mint (mentha suaveolens)]
- Bergamont Mint (mentha citrata)
- Spearmint (mentha spicata)
- Dark Opal Basil (ocimum basilicum “purpurascens”)
- Lemon Basil (ocimum x citriodorum)
- Catnip (nepeta cataria)
- Oregano (origanum vulgare)
- Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis)
- Garden/Kitchen Sage (salvia officinalis)
- Divining Sage (saliva divinorum)
- Lyre-Leaved Sage (salvia lyrata)
- Red Raspberry (rubus strigosus)
- Red Clover (trifolium pratense)
- Carrot (novelty cultivars: red, purple, yellow and white)
- Radicchio [”italian chicory” (cichorium intybus)]
- White Clover (trifolium repens)
- Wild Strawberry (fragaria virginiana) (rosaceae)
- Low Sweet Blueberry [”maine blueberry” (vaccinium angustifolium)
There’s also onions, garlic, tomato and broccoli among other things, but I think most of those will be saved for the community garden we are involved with.
I usually hate working out in the yard, but this year I have been looking forward to it. It’s nice to feel the soil between my toes and to get my hands in the dirt. Elijah is sure enjoying it too.
We have signed ourselves up to work in the community garden that is just getting started in our neighborhood. It’s located in the yard right behind The Vault, our neighborhood coffee and tea bar. This will be a wonderful adventure.
More garden notes to come.
