Our square-foot gardening is becoming a veritable checkerboard of greenery! Every week brings some changes as crops move from square to square, hopping skipping and jumping their way with each harvest and new seeding. This week's big mover - lettuce!
In a dramatic gambit, fresh lettuce transplants from our greenhouse at Conserver House take up three - three! - whole beds, in near-complete lock up of the entire east end of the garden.
Bravely bracing between the lettuce and the tomatoes, the onions stand ever tall
while the red cabbage just keep getting bigger and bigger, thicker and thicker and menacingly Audrey II-esque - be careful!
while the marigolds seem to be suffering from... something weird. Most flowers shine bright yellow, while others look like they've been hit by some kind of anti-marigold death ray. Zap!
The beauty of gardening, of course, is seeing the stuff you usually get on your plate, in its natural environment. Kind of like the special features track on a DVD, or a "making of" special. To wit - An Apiacean Adventure: The Making of Coriander - from plant
to leaf
to flower and seed
Can't you just taste that coriander goodness - how about a coriander pesto chicken salad whilst waiting for the basil to come out? (Speaking of basil - stay tuned, coming soon!)
Hey, it's Robin - I met you at the garden two Saturdays ago, we talked about seed-saving and I identified your mystery garden flower (malva zebrina). Just wondering if you got around to collecting your coriander seeds yet? Don't forget, if you are going to cook with those seeds, to put aside a few for growing next year first!
ReplyDeleteAlso, as I mentioned, I have LOADS of heirloom seeds I have bought, collected, traded and saved over the years. I would definitely be interested in sharing some seeds with your group next season! I am quite sure I could donate enough to meet most (or all) of your needs for tomatoes, peppers, beans (snap & dry), cukes, squash, and watermelons. I have carrots, corn, peas, radishes and many more veggies, that I could share smaller amounts of.
@Robin
ReplyDeleteFantastic! That is a very generous offer!
We try to meet up over the winter to discuss our approach for the upcoming season. If you send an email to landlessgardeners@gmail.com we can add you to the list so you will get all our notices of when we meet up.
I am getting excited for next year already ...