Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
Posted August 18, 2012 by The Farmer
Cleaning Up the Small Garden Both the big garden in the back of the yard, and this small garden are all out of sorts. I have taken on a couple of extra consulting jobs to save a little extra money before school starts, and the garden got the short end of the stick. This morning [...]
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2 Comments.Posted July 19, 2012 by The Farmer
Beets Are Ready Beets are ready! We’ve had beets with two meals now. The first time I broiled them with crushed garlic and olive oil. The second time Caroline made glazed beets. We’ve been picking only as many beets as we were ready to eat, in hopes that the remaining beets will grow larger. Sweet [...]
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1 Comment.Posted June 17, 2012 by The Farmer
The Good Stuff As part of getting back on top of my gardening, I took a tour of the garden tonight and looked closely at how everything is doing. Despite my neglect, some things are doing pretty well. Here’s the rundown. Apples: The bagged apples that didn’t fall of are doing well. Looking nice and [...]
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No Comments.Posted April 19, 2012 by The Farmer
The packages say to plant tomatoes and peppers indoors 6 weeks before the last frost date. Fridley’s average last frost date is about May 21st, so I’m late this year. Better late than never though, and I’m happy to say that my tomatoes and peppers are finally planted. They’ll have about 4.5 weeks inside before [...]
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No Comments.Posted April 7, 2012 by The Farmer
I did it! I started planting. I put in the peas, onions, carrots, spinach, lettuce, corn and beets. I put them in on Wednesday (the 4th) but I just haven’t had a chance to write it up. Calvin, my almost 4-year-old was my helper buddy. He was very deliberate with planting, and put the seeds [...]
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No Comments.Posted March 14, 2012 by The Farmer
Happily, my garden orders will only be about $100 this year compared to $200 + dirt money we spent last year and the year before. The garden will be a little bit smaller which partly accounts for the decreased cost. The vine borers were so bad with the pumpkins last year that I’m not going [...]
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No Comments.Posted July 20, 2011 by The Farmer
It’s hot hot hot, but then, you knew that. My lettuce is a little bitter about the heat, but everything else is loving it. Good Garden Helpers Despite the heat I got a lot done this week. Mostly that was because I hired two good garden helpers to come help me catch up with the [...]
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1 Comment.Posted May 26, 2011 by The Farmer
On wednesday we started the gardening day by planting Ryan’s garden. He wanted watermelon more than just about anything, and so we planted 4 seeds of [planlink p=74 title='Moon and Stars'] watermelon. We had started some of these inside, but they got too much water (oops.) and died. His second most desired plant was corn, [...]
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No Comments.Posted March 25, 2011 by The Farmer
Today I went and rented a plot in the Fridley Community Garden. For $30 (Fridley Residents) you get a 15×20 foot tilled plot and a spigot for hooking up your hose. If you are looking for space or have been considering a community garden plot, you’d better act quickly. There are currently 7 plots still [...]
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