The Garden Chronicles

The raised bed garden is working as expected. My expectations were low; to basically provide a steady supply of fresh produce for a couple of adults. They’re crowded yet the learning curve is short and it’s easy peasy to sow additional produce as you go. 

 

 

If I felt inclined to can pickles or something else there’s farm stands locally and a weekly market in Sturgeon Bay. There’s even a local neighbor who raises mushrooms and micro greens. 

 

Best of all, nobody’s gonna recall my lettuce or spinach for causing diarrhea.  And by the time February rolls-around I might commit high crimes and misdemeanors for my daily fresh tomato fix.

  

 

Raising a toast to an additional 18 inches of elevation….

Garden To Table

I collected seven harvests of spinach from one of my raised garden beds already.  We love fresh spinach.  Yesterday I resowed one of the two rows.  My second sowing of radishes is poised for picking and last evening we had fresh garden lettuce on grilled burgers.  Everything else is coming along nicely.

 

Anyway, I made a loaded quiche recently with onion, bacon, Gruyère and garden spinach along with a rich egg and cream custard. 

 

Pretty good chow. 

 

The secret is the crust. It is made with lard….

 

 

The Garden Chronicles

My new raised beds are working out as intended; basically saving my back and saving me from gardening on my hands and knees (note the chair).

Everything is crowded, but my vegetables and herbs seem to be happy over-all.  The intention is to grow a seasonal supply of household produce on a rotational basis.  If I need something in particular or a large quantity of something there are plenty of local farm markets.

Today I harvested spinach and radishes and replanted radishes.

For some odd reason the lettuces I planted several weeks ago did not germinate so I replanted them a week ago.  They're a cool season crop so I cannot blame it on the unseasonable cool weather we've been experiencing.

We've even gotten a couple of opportunities to nibble on a handful of cherry tomatoes already.

Vive le Jardin Magnifique!