Thoughts of an Urban Farmer
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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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July is the height of farm season requiring more work than probably any other month — at least in Chicago. With the sun shining, enough rain to keep all of the plants happy, and many, many happy weeds, I have had little time to write. Here is what’s going on:
Peas
They are done! Next weeks pictures [...]
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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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The farm is in full growth. Below is a large selection of pictures from all across the farm.
Peas
The peas are looking good. You can see from the photos that they need some training to work their way up the trellis. But I’m confident they are good learners.
Tomatoes
The tomatoes are coming up slowly but surely. They [...]
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