Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
Posted May 26, 2011 by The Farmer
I have finally updated the The Farm page (linked at the top of every page). It now has photos of nearly all of our garden locations as well as this lovely not-to-scale diagram. So if you’ve been wondering how many gardens we’ve got and how we fit it all in our yard, here’s the layout [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer, Website Maintenance
2 Comments.Posted August 30, 2010 by The Farmer
Our Fridley garden has continued to pump out summer squash and zucchini and we have been using them as often as we can. I hope you enjoy this recipe. Using summer squash instead of noodles is an easy and yummy substitution when making homemade macaroni and cheese. I’m not a fan of Easy Mac, but [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
No Comments.Posted June 8, 2010 by The Farmer
When Squirrels Attack I like squirrels. They’re cute and fun to watch as they scamper all over the yard. They annoyed me a little bit when they followed me around the yard as I planted beans, digging up the seeds as soon as I had turned my back. When they chewed open several plastic Easter [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer, Something Interesting
6 Comments.Posted June 5, 2010 by The Farmer
The two grape plants we put in a few weeks ago are doing quite well. They’re holding on to the fence nice and tightly, unlike the pole beans which are holding on to everything except the poles they’re suppose to climb. One of the grape plants (the Valiant) has a couple of bunches of tiny [...]
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No Comments.Posted May 29, 2010 by The Farmer
Dead Tomatoes Despite my excitement about gardening, it turns out I’m still a novice. In fact, I killed off most of the rest of our seedling tomato plants. I had been growing them in the basement under lights, and brought them outside to harden off. Unfortunately I left the lid over the plants while I [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
3 Comments.Posted May 25, 2010 by The Farmer
Despite the recent rain, my garden was extremely thirsty when I got home from work. Here in Fridley, MN it was in the mid 90s and sunny for a good part of the day yesterday. My plants were very happy with the heat. Most of my bean plants popped right up, and my squash and [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
4 Comments.Posted May 20, 2010 by The Farmer
As I was watering the garden and plants this morning I was happy to see that we are making progress on several fronts. Our raspberries canes are budding, giving me hope that maybe I’m doing something right. As a novice and insecure gardener, I need that affirmation. Sorry the picture is fuzzy. Even with the [...]
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3 Comments.Posted May 16, 2010 by The Farmer
As I mentioned previously, Saturday was a busy day and I didn’t have pictures for everything that we did. Here’s the rest of what happened. The last intentional planting of the day was the herbs. In the right planting area below we planted Basil, Thyme, Oregano and Cilantro. The Basil will eventually take over the [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
1 Comment.Posted May 16, 2010 by The Farmer
I decided that the risk of frost for spring 2010 was past as of Friday. Victory Seeds places the average date as the 21st but I’m optimistic that we’re done before the average for this year. That means that it’s time to plant all those seeds that say “Plant after risk of frost has passed”! [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
3 Comments.Posted May 13, 2010 by The Farmer
Today is a very exciting day, our first batch of berries arrived! We planted a row of blueberries. Three North Blues and two Chippewas. Two lingonberry plants. Ryan helped plant the raspberries. We got 6 Autumn Britten raspberries plants and 6 Caroline raspberry plants. All in all a very successful evening. Made all the more [...]
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