garden & food
Hollywood Farmers Market Premiers
Spring has certainly sprung. The city is in full bloom, with endless rows of cherry trees coming into their own in a cycle of pure brilliance; as one tree gracefully halts, the next begins its surge. For many in stumptown, springtime in Portland is marked by the start of the Portland Farmers Market. For those [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 30
The weekend of April 17 through April 19 was underscored by a mini heat wave, providing an open invitation to little else but getting out and about by bike. The tomato twins were called into action numerous times during the weekend, for everything from simple, barely 1/2-mile runs to Oregon Park, to trips to the [...]
Garden Diary 5
Keri really rose to the challenge today, cultivating the remainder of the primary garden space we planned out for this year’s expansion. As stated in my last garden diary entry, we now have a plot inching ever close to 800 square feet, with more than 500 of that dedicated to rows. I feel bad that [...]
Garden Diary 4
I finally finished my cold frame so the seedlings can transition to the great outdoors. We’ve had such beautiful weather as of late that I’m confident we’ll likely not encounter any freezing for the remainder of Spring. I’m pleased with the cold frame, which is essentially a combination of 5/8″ cedar panels attached to 2×4″ [...]
Garden Diary 3
It’s been a month since I planted my veggie seeds for this year’s initial garden starts. After garnering good quality seedling growth, I fell a bit behind in transplanting my seed starts to larger pots. Whatever the case, I started the transfer process a couple of days ago. I’ve moved several seedlings from their trays [...]
Garden Diary 2
We spent a couple of hours yesterday prepping the yard for our new garden expansion. As stated in my first garden diary post, last year represented a big break for us as we cleared 1/3 of our existing back yard for garden space. This year we plan to clear an additional 1/3 for more crops. [...]
Garden Diary 1
No better way to celebrate Valentine’s day than planting seeds for the 2009 Towsey-French garden. :) We’re a bit behind schedule in terms of planting, but still well ahead of our progress this time last year. In planting our seeds, this time of year also signals the start of our work to expand the size [...]
Photos (view gallery)
