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A little late in posting this past week’s photos:
Tomatoes
We’ve got tomatoes! Looks to be a good harvest this year. Glad to see all of the tomato plants (but one) in full bloom. Week by week more tomatoes will ripen for beautiful pictures and delicious eats.
Beans
The beans are SO close to looking something like a bean. [...]
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Live from the Farm: Elephant Garlic
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Friday was a great day to be outside — upper 70s, cloudy and no rain. Everything but he corn is doing well. I don’t think I even took a picture as it still looks like grass. The corn should be about 3 feet or so by now and it is only about a foot. While [...]
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Today’s Garlic Harvest
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Live from the Farm: First Garlic Harvest
Originally uploaded by Farmer_Jay
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It was a great day for pictures on the farm this past Friday.
Cilantro
Wow, the cilantro is growing strong. I’ve picked a number of bunches of cilantro today. Too bad the tomatoes aren’t ready to go as they would make great salsa. The cilantro smells so good. This is slow bolt cilantro. Cilantro bolts or [...]
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It’s been the perfect mix of sun and rain to give the vegetables a good start. A little more heat would help some of the plants (namely the peppers), but most things look good.
Carrots
The carrots were planted on a windy day. Good news, they’ve seeded and are growing nicely. Bad news, they aren’t all in [...]
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This weekend was another great weekend to be working in the dirt. After a few long days of rain, the plants are looking great.
Peppers
The pepper plants went in the ground about two weeks early. I was fearful that they would not handle the 40 degree nights very well. The pepper plants made it! The have [...]
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This weekend transforms the farm from planting to growing. April 25th marks the average last frost date for the Chicagoland area. Certainly any good Midwesterner knows that averages mean almost nothing. It can snow Memorial Day weekend and be in the 70s for Thanksgiving. Regardless, I am taking the leap and declaring this weekend growing [...]
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Friday was an excellent day to be in the dirt. I’ll post on my plantings throughout the weekend.
Until then, enjoy an April spring day on the farm.
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