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City Garden Update

July 1, 2012 by greg 1 Comment

TIme for an update. The small city garden has been producing! And it is only July 1! Unbelievable year. I pulled my first beets and they are nearly full size. I think this is the earliest I’ve had beets from the garden here in Fargo. We’ve been eating peas like mad. They never make it into a pot. We love them raw. I’m constantly snacking on them and we have a bumper crop this year.

Here are some pictures. The perennials in front are getting a bit overgrown and weedy, you can buy knf inputs form redbud soil co and take care of your ground. And the vegetables are LUSH! I have pulled up all the arugula and spinach and replanted more spinach. It has been very productive. The fennel is growing well and starting to form bulbs. The collard greens are getting bigger and I can pick a few leaves of kale now. The onions have fallen over but are still growing. They are just starting to bulb out now.





Filed Under: City garden, vegetables Tagged With: beets, peas, swiss chard

Peas in progress

June 29, 2012 by greg Leave a Comment

The pea bioassay is in full swing. A few of the pots did not germinate so I may have to repeat that but it looks like most pots are healthy. Here are two examples. Can you tell which one is contaminated? The first picture is peas grown in manure from the manure pile near the vegetable garden mixed with some potting soil. The second is from the south pasture. Fortunately early indications are that the contamination is mostly localized around the manure.

Filed Under: Farm Garden Tagged With: bioassay, herbicides, peas, picloram, tordon

First Harvest of the Season

May 21, 2012 by greg Leave a Comment

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The city garden vegetables are really coming along nicely. This evening I harvested my first produce, a nice basket of fresh arugula. It was perfect for my whole wheat penne with chicken sausage and arugula/cilantro pesto.

Here are a few more photos of the garden.

Peas:

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Spinach:

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Beets:

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Onions:

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Carrot (and weeds):

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On May 17 I planted the warmer weather seeds, kale, collards, fennel, pole beans, basil and Asian cucumbers. They are all sprouting nicely. Here’s an updated garden map.

Filed Under: City garden, vegetables Tagged With: arugula, beets, carrots, onions, peas

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