Despite winds strong enough to knock me off balance, I strolled enthusiastically along the rows of vendors at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market this past weekend. It was Opening Day. Farmers’, out of touch since the Fall, greeted each other with questions like “how’d your bees do over the winter?” And they graciously answered my questions as I tested out my accumulated veggie knowledge after almost a year of vegetable exploration.
“You stored this over the winter, right?” I asked about the potatoes. Last year at this time, I’d thought they’d been pulled fresh out of the ground. I perused the market, self-administering a veggie quiz along the way.
Grown fresh or stored? Read more »
We had our first square foot gardening success this week - one completed box. Well, almost. I still have to purchase my peat moss, vermiculite, and compost to fill it up. Then we can put together the wood lath grid to mark out the one foot squares. But at least that won’t scratch me up like the chicken wire did. Actually, we got two boxes done, but ran out of chicken wire for cage number two. Read more »
Instead of a veggie story this week, I thought I’d share my garden plans with you (ok, I’m biding time until our first farmers’ market opens on April 3rd –woo hoo!). First, a disclaimer. Not only am I a veggie ignoramus, but I’m a garden ignoramus as well. Sure, we grew tomatoes when I was a kid. I also tried planting some carrots. But I always pulled them up to early.
My grown-up gardening experience consists of a small plot in the backyard of a duplex where I grew tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and some herbs. The potatoes I planted never actually grew. After a length of time that seemed long enough for a potato to grow, I dug down in the dirt thinking maybe the potatoes were in there somewhere. I had no idea that a potato plant actually has a part that grows out of the ground.
This year, it’s time to get smart about growing more veggies. Read more »
