Friday, February 11, 2011

Harvesting Turnips

The boys are harvesting winter turnips after a freeze got most of the leaves!


Sunday, January 23, 2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Winter harvest

The boys harvest some winter veggies from the garden:

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Starting seeds for medicinal herb garden

The boys are starting seeds indoors for our medicinal herb garden! We are growing such herbs as: comfrey, calendula, motherwort, arnica, all heal, ecchinacea, toothache plant, stevia, mullien, cowslip, plantain, and boneset.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Planting horseradish in containers

Horseradish grows very easily in the home garden, but be careful, it can become invasive! We are planting our roots in very deep pots to harvest this summer. When harvesting, just dig up the root, cut what you want, and replant! The horseradish will continue to grow and grow!

Planting potatoes in tires

Welcome to our little plot in cyberspace!
Here is the first plantings of our 2011 summer garden, we are planting potatoes in old tires: