Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
Posted October 1, 2012 by The Farmer
September came and went without a single update here. We have nearly a dozen pumpkins sitting in the basement waiting for halloween. I thought this one was all the way orange — the bottom half was hidden in a thick jungle of leaves. We have been using basil throughout the summer, but it was finally [...]
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No Comments.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 May 14, 2012 by The Farmer
I was gone last week at a conference for work, and I feel like the garden is getting away from me! There is weeding, thinning, planting and other work to do as soon as possible. It’s going to be a busy couple of weeks here. Horseradish Root I love horseradish sauce on my meat sandwiches, [...]
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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 September 12, 2011 by The Farmer
I love Pickled Peppers, especially when they’re hot. Yesterday I made a single jar of mixed peppers. I mixed Banana Peppers, Serrano Peppers and Pretty Purple Peppers. I decided to mix them up so that a) the banana peppers would be more interesting and b) the serranos are a bit hotter than I like to [...]
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No Comments.Posted September 5, 2011 by The Farmer
On Saturday I picked more tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers and made some salsa and relish. I was watching the three kids by myself, so it was quite the adventure. Luckily they were relatively helpful and everything went smoothly. Garden Salsa I used the recipes in the Ball Blue Book as a guide, but since I [...]
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No Comments.Posted September 1, 2011 by The Farmer
Today was a good gardening day so far. I spent a while picking and watering everything in the yard, and I’m headed to the community garden in a little while. Here’s today’s harvest. A bunch of non-cherry tomatoes, even more cherry tomatoes, purple beans, green beans, a single lonely beet, one small carrot, a single [...]
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No Comments.Posted August 30, 2011 by The Farmer
August ended up being something of a busy month. It seemed like we had just gotten back from Mississippi and we were off to South Dakota for 4 days for a memorial service for Caroline’s grandpa. We got back Saturday the 20th at 11:30 pm. Here’s what came out of the garden on Sunday the [...]
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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 July 4, 2011 by The Farmer
Long overdue, a garden status update! I have been doing more working than blogging, and more fishing than gardening, but the plants have been doing pretty well overall. Stuff We’ve Been Eating We have been eating as much lettuce and spinach as we can and as many strawberries as have been ripe. The berries next [...]
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