Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
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 [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
No Comments.Posted May 24, 2011 by The Farmer
We still have a long ways to go, but the Fridley Farm is finally getting planted. Last night we managed to plant the beans. Some of the black dirt I added this year went to making garden strips along much of our fenced in back yard. We planted up close to the fence, and on [...]
Categories: Articles, Fridley Farmer
4 Comments.Posted April 15, 2011 by The Farmer
During a slower time of life and the year each of these topics might have merited a full post of their own and certainly their own headlines. However work is keeping me busy, and it’s busy time in the garden so you get to read a kind of summary of events. Camping Cucumbers As reported [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
1 Comment.Posted April 13, 2011 by The Farmer
HowardDill’s sells premium seeds from prize winning pumpkins of the Atlantic Giant variety for as much as $50 per seed of a 1677lb pumpkin.While that sounds like fun, milk feeding the pumpkins and hiding them under a tarp so they don’t get sunburned does not. So I settled for some pretty cheap non-prize winning Atlantic [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
2 Comments.Posted April 4, 2011 by The Farmer
Seeds always amaze me, how they pop a whole plant out of such a tiny little package. The cucumbers I planted last Thursday night amaze me even more than most plants would, because they have already sprouted! Some of our Straight 8 cucumbers have already popped above the surface of the dirt and are excited [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer
No Comments.Posted March 14, 2011 by The Farmer
I have finally placed my seed orders for this year. I was planning on not waiting this long, but we were out of town a couple of times and so, here it is March already. We will still be adding a couple of things to this order. My 5 year old is extremely excited for [...]
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