Root vegetables that is! Every other Tokyo market turnip is maggot eaten. But the two I've eaten so far have been safe. I've been tossing the duds. I suspect no matter how mild a San Francisco spring and summer are- turnips are a winter crop, if only because of the damn cabbage fly. Lesson learned. … Continue reading Taking care of your roots
Got two late season tomatoes and a funny blueberry and an absolute crap-ton of herbs... and a freaking tree collard! and that's not even the half of it. Gonna rip out the carrot bed and fill up the potato bags... Gonna amend all the beds... And start some new seeds for my friends... Yeah. Tomorrow … Continue reading Oh boy oh boy oh boy
The little romanescos are still growing, but the big one that survived the maggots is getting quite big. There's just one problem. This is a romanesco: This is what is growing in my garden. Did... something happen when the seeds were packed? Did purple cauliflower jump into the seed packet? Did I screw something up … Continue reading Romanesco issues
So I like to take cuttings from my mint plants and grow more mint. Some of this is so I can finally ditch the mint thunderdome and put something else in that pot- but a lot of it is so I can give home grown mint plants as gifts to friends. Like this lovely strawberry … Continue reading Fun with cuttings
I knew getting a job at my local garden center would be dangerous. Here are 8 new herbs for the herbs beds waiting to be planted tomorrow. Of course working means less blog time, so my apologies for the upcoming lessened frequency of posts- but it is my dream job so... Yeah not sorry. Can't … Continue reading The herbs await…
The Neanderthal Gardens 