Ze Gardening Begins!

The window garden has commenced. This photo is actually from a couple weeks ago, so I'll have an update photo, in all its glory, very soon. We'll be heading into the great outdoors (the back yard) in the next few days!

*I'm really starting to realize the severe limitations of my little camera. The light here was impossible for the little guy.

Landscaping at Home

Last spring I created a growing space on the east side of our front lawn. We grew potatoes, turnips, and the most successful leeks and carrots we have ever grown. It looked like this:
We decided this is the best garden space we have and it was worth extending for next year.
After adding a bit of compost the spot is ready to go!

Gardening Wrap-Up

It's been a few weeks since gardening gave way to winter weather, but I haven't put any finale photos up until now. Enjoy!
A final photograph before "turning over" the garden.
This little lady is the daughter of a fellow community gardener. At this point, with a little help from her, I had torn out everything except the corn.
And the year is over. It's a beautiful cycle.

I did end up getting a bit of corn, but the big crops were beans, squash, and zucchini. The big surprise was tomatillo, a relative of the tomato that is used to make green salsa and a vegetable with which I was previously unfamiliar. It was a fantastic experience at the community garden and I urge all of you to find a gardening opportunity near you.

Gardening: Two Stories

As my faithful readers know I built raised beds in my family's garden and have begun gardening at the community garden here in La Grande. Both have been huge successes.

Part One: Family Garden

Check out the link above to see the before picture from March and then enjoy the current picture below. The place looks amazing. You see peas all over the place (they are about ready to be harvested), beans, lettuce, onion, squash, flowers, cucumber, and tomato. In the background, too far away for sight, there are eggplant, zucchini, and peppers. It's beautiful.


*Included in the picture is my dad going to check the venison hamburgers he was grilling for dinner. They were yummy, super lean, and hormone-free.

Part Two: Community Garden

After another afternoon of work and an evening of planting my community garden plot has come to life. Below you will see the beans are up, planted in a rectangle. Within the rectangle are three tomato plants. In the foreground you can see two squash, three tomatoes, cucumber, and I've planted zucchini and leek seeds. Delicious.