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Between the rain and the heat, the weeds have outgrown many of the vegetables! Here is this week’s photoset:
Peas
This is it!  Pea season is officially over.  I pulled a number of peas off the vines today.  They taste great.  I got about 5 peas for each plant.  No fertilizer, just weeding and watering.
Cilantro
The cilantro [...]

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Flowers on the Farm

by Farmer Jay on April 27, 2009

in Farming

We think farming and vegetable gardens, we don’t always think non-edible flowers. With all of the work growing edible food, why waste time with non-edible flowers.
Bees! (and other beneficial insects)
I chased two bees around the farm today trying to take a picture proving that bees were already hunting the flowers and vegetables int [...]

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What a great day for a market!  When I don’t have anything to pick yet in the garden, it’s time to go to the farmer’s market.  Today’s stop, the Green City Market.
If you follow @GreenCityMarket on Twitter, you were notified that Cannon Drive was closed this morning for the Wrigley “Start Early Run” Race.  Walking [...]

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