First Harvest at Larrapin, originally uploaded by Gardener At Larrapin.

While we've nibbled out of the Spinach bed already, tonight we had
these two batches of greens to harvest before the big thunderstorms
that are coming. That's spinach on the right and Ragged Jack/Russian
kale on the left. We love to saute it with a little olive oil and
garlic in a big iron skillet (or wok). It stays very green and is
delicious.

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Seems like some of you were surprised by the previous post to discover that I don’t always follow all of the conventional and established rules of vegetable gardening:

“I really like your website… your honesty about breaking a cardinal rule and not hardening off your cool weather seedlings, got my attention!” – Cameron

Well I usually do harden off my transplants and always recommend that you do likewise to protect your precious seedlings, but it’s true that I have managed to cheat occasionally and have gotten away with it. If a little insubordination catches your attention then here’s a long list of popular gardening ideas that I always refuse to abide by. . .

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Chard ('Sea Foam' from Pinetree -- an excellent cultivar), carrots, sorrel, tomatoes & coriander. In a bed that I designed in circles.


Granex onions finally starting to bulb up. First time I've grown onions: Found a huge bunch of starts for sale in a hidden corner at Lowe's this winter. I've been thinning them and eating the young ones as scallions. Like most short day onions, these are sweet and therefore keep poorly, so I plan on leaving them in the ground as long as possible, pulling them as I need them. In a bed fmade from leaf mold. . . .

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Some of the excuses I often catch myself using, when it comes to growing vegetables in my garden, is that (1) I haven't prepared my veggie patch yet, and (2) there doesn't seem to be that many vegetables to grow.

Well the first lame-duck excuse can be overcome by getting my gluteus maximus into gear and tilling some soil. For those who struggle with physical labour you still don't have an excuse for you could easily start a no-dig garden or even begin straw bale gardening. There are quite a few options available to those who are unable to create traditional soil vegetable gardens. . . .

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This photo was taken last May, when I had arugula, lettuce and cabbage growing inside my row greenhouse. I put it together for 2008 yesterday, and although there is nothing yet growing inside, it is a hopeful sight in the vegetable garden. I hope soon to have radishes, beets, carrots and peas growing inside. . .

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Last spring the few veggies we grew had to share space with an assortment of flowers and shrubs in a long narrow raised bed along the edge of the shed. This year they get their own bed.   We weren’t sure just where to place it.  The big problem was protecting it from predators.  Last summer a [...]

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The previous post shared some photos of a number of hardy and resilient plants as they awakened at the first hint of spring, but that wasn’t the full story… I hate to admit it but there are also a bunch of slackers out there in the vegetable garden this spring!

It wasn’t the harshest winter that we’ve seen here in PA however we did suffer through our share of damaging ice storms and freezing temperatures. As far as a snow cover is concerned, there wasn’t much of it around to insulate the garden and shield those over wintering plants from the wind and cold. . .

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Now that the regular season for Major League Baseball has officially begun, I guess it is time to introduce The 2008 GardenDesk Growers Baseball team!

Okay, I know a garden is not a baseball team, but just like in spring training, I have spent a lot of time figuring out which vegetable varieties will make the cut this year. In addition to which particular varieties I will plant, I had to decide which vegetables needed to be cut (I just don't have enough room on the field!). Last year my total area for the veg garden was 25'x40', all in raised beds. This year I am expanding it to 40'x48'but the outside 15' will be planted in old fashioned rows. I have painstakenly tried to fit everything in using graph paper but I still don't have enough space. ..

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It’s been a busy month both in and out of the garden. The cabbage went to soup; eight mini ones (those that didn’t swell) with some of the beetroot. My wife made lots of kimchi with the hakusai. I’ve been trying to manage the consumption of the latter around teaching. On Tuesday I espied the. . .

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I've gotten a bit off track lately with my attempts to participate in the 100-ft. Diet Challenge, but the state of the vegetable garden is looking a bit more promising now. . . .

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Are you a gardener who blogs or a food blogger who gardens? If so, my foodie friend Andrea has a delicious monthly blogging event for you! Grow Your Own "celebrates the foods we grow or raise ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products."

All you have to do is make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden or farm and write about it on your blog. You can use something that was given to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. . ..

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A trek through the vegetable garden over the weekend revealed that many edible plants have survived the winter season and are thriving now that spring has arrived. . .

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Allyson from Kennesaw, GA raised a question about the best vegetables for growing in a small garden area: “I am a first time gardener and I don’t know what to plant that will not over load my very limited garden space.”

“After reading your site, I have determined I could handle a few bush green beans, and some lettuce. I will plant zucchini in a couple of separate deep containers, but really want to plant some potatoes and onions. . . .

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I had to leave my house yesterday for a fiercely needed food shopping trip.
Crowds/People=Ick!
I know, I know - your heart just bleeds for me. . .

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Can we do it? Can we make it to 100? Just 3 more to go! Yes, we’re 97 and growing a whole lot of new food from seeds this year. Is this as fun for you as it is for me? I hope so!. . .

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There are some wacky gardening photos making their way around the web this month in forwarded emails. I'm sure many of you have seen them by now. The first time I received them, from a reader, I marveled, chuckled and decided against posting them on this blog, what with Newsday being a family newspaper and all. The second time I received this obviously widely circulated email, from a friend, it gave me pause. . . .

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It is now over 3 weeks since I planted the winter seedlings and my apologies for being so tardy in updating my blog. Particularly if you were following my progress. My gardening blog is like the canary in the coal mine. If the blog falls off it's perch something isn't well underground. Only kidding. Well sort of. I do find that with all my responsibilities as mother of young children, part-time public servant, keeper of the home and hearth, that it only takes one or two slightly disruptive things to knock me off the platform that has space for little stolen moments of photographing vegies, uploading to the internet, composing a piece and posting to the blog. . . .

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Cynthia sent an e-mail a couple weeks ago to share the vegetable varieties growing indoors for her garden and then asked what initially seemed like a pretty simple question:

“What would you say are your favorite half dozen vegetables?” Hmmm, that’s easy enough isn’t it? Well actually it’s a rather difficult question because there are so many interesting vegetable varieties that I really enjoy growing in my raised bed garden. And just like on some of the popular T-Mobile cellular commercials, it’s not always a cinch to decide who is in or out of your favorite circle!. . . .

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The photo is from Junes trip to Harlow Carr.A ruby red coloured Astrantia Major, like the one I planted yesterday.
I bought two lots of seed potatoes (King Edward, and Nadine) , two onion sets (Stuttgarter and Red Karmen), and some seeds for carrots, brussel sprouts, and Parsnips. . . .

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Oh boy, I’ve broken my own rules. By the time this posts, it will be well into Tuesday evening - definitely not Tuesday am! I’m sick as a dog (are dogs always sick?), so I’m taking it slow and easy, drinking tea as I traverse your great sites....


Report Your Zones!
So first off, only about 1/3 of y’all have reported your zones. So if you haven’t done so, please visit last week’s Growing Challenge post and report your zone in the comments! (There are handy dandy links there so you can determine your zone very quickly. . .

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A challenge called The Growing Challenge is being hosted by the blog Elements in Time. Its rules are: To grow a new fruit of vegetable this year that you've haven't grown before. And to grow this from seed. So, I was wondering what am I growing that's new this year?. . .

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Agina Cutting Celery (Pinetree).... Like celery, minus the crunch.

Upland Cress. Mmmmm... Prolific. Crunchy. Nicely bitter.

Red Sails lettuce and Chervil.

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This is from an email forward... Childish, but it made me giggle. Warning: not for the prudish. Happy hump day. . .

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The Verdict.
As a group, you all have decided that I should feature 15 participants per week. That works for me! There were several great suggestions about creating a new blog where we could all post, or setting up an RSS feed, or delegating the work somehow. To be honest, those sounded like just as much work for me. Plus I like rounding your sites, and seeing what you’re up to. . . .

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An interesting question was raised by a gardener looking for tips regarding growing globe artichokes in the home garden:

“I want to grow artichokes this year up here in the Boston area. I have ordered the seeds and am wondering when to start them, when to transplant, and if I will get any edible buds this season. Isn’t there a way to “fool” Mother Nature into thinking this is the second season?”. . .

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Southern Hemisphere.

At the Good Life
Leanne grabbed her camera this weekend, and took us on a guided tour of her garden. She’s doing some interesting interpanting. Remember last time she told us about her sunflowers used as tomato stakes? This time, she’s revealed her intermixing of hollyhocks and blackberries to shade the chickens, where both are lined with grass to pick for the animals.

Leanne’s tomatoes are doing well. Being summer in NZ, she’s picking zucchini daily of course. She also has a bumper crop of honey dew - they look amazing. You can see the corn (above) - she’s hoping she didn’t plant too late...

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