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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]