A lot has happened in the garden since the last post in July. We are now at the beginning of September and the air is already starting to feel like fall. What a strange summer it has been here in Chicago and I’m assuming in most places. It has been unseasonably cool with about a scattered week of actually hot days through out summer. Despite it feeling like an unusual summer, we have been really lucky to have a lot of rain and enough sun to keep our garden productive and happy. So, Here is an update of the progress: [Read more...]
Cherry Tomatoes
August 1, 2009 by ·
During the last week of July our cherry tomatoes have decided to start turning red. It seems to take about a week or so for them to fully change. So far we have had about 6 red cherry tomatoes 4 of which split ;(shown in the last image). I think it’s off to a slower start than ideal because we are only getting one or two red ones at a time; we have been holding off on picking them because we want to have enough to use in a meal, or at least more than one. But by the time they turn to a really nice red, we get split cherries instead of them being perfect like they seemed the day before. [Read more...]
Garden
July 21, 2009 by ·
On May 17th 2009 our potted garden was born. Planting on the porch is something I always look forward to, it happens every year but this time we have decided to plant with a focus on food. The majority of our plants are growing and cared for with the intention to eat. We started all of the plants from greenhouse sprouts and we used over 300 pounds of dirt & peat! Most of our pots are ceramic or terracotta, but we also have 2 larger wood pots built by my dad for our tomatoes, cucumbers, and mint. So far we have seen a lot of progress in just a couple of months and I couldn’t be more excited about it. Here is a set of photos to introduce what we are growing in summer of 2009 (fair warning- it’s a long post); to start off we have some basic shots of when the garden was being planted going through the evolution of the porch. Stay tuned for the details of what is here… [Read more...]