Wild and Woolly Weather!

Wild and Woolly weather kept us out of the garden last night.  No not here but the wild weather that kept me sitting on the tarmac in the middle of nowhere Texas while a storm blew through Dallas.  We will plan again on tonight at 6:30.  Please bring a hoe or trowel if you have one.

Remember to mark you calendar for the first garden open house on Friday, May 27.  Potluck at 6 if you would like join us!

Eat your peas and Carrots PLEASE!

Last night we plannted 300 ft of carrots and 200 feet of collard greens.  Seems like a lot!  Hope that they grow.  I will definately be looking up some recipes!

 Rain is predicted for late Thursday , Friday and into Saturday morning.  We will plan to plant again on Monday night at 6:30.  Hope you can join us.

Mark your calendar for our potluck/open house, May 27 at 6 pm.

Parsley ,Sage,Rosemary and Thyme....

.............And chives and stevia and few more herbs.  The herb bed is full of wonderful smelling herbs.  I love cooking with fresh herbs and have dried dill before to use all winter. The chives are starting to bloom  so I thought I would include a recipe for chive blossom vinegar

                                                     Chive Blossom Vinegar

2 cups white vinegar
2 cups fresh packed chive blossoms

Bring vinegar just to boil, but do not boil. Pour over chive blossoms. Let stand in crock or large glass bowl or bottle in cool, dark place one week.

Strain vinegar, discard blossoms.

Transfer to bottles and add sprig of fresh chive blossom to each bottle.

© Copyright 2004-2011 Gifts From Your Kitchen

Tomorrow night we will focus on squash,cucumbers and zucchini.  Work will begin at 6:30.

Rain,Rain go AWAY!

I know I talked about how garden perfection could be attained if it would just rain but maybe I should have clarified that a little more.  A garden perfection type of rain would have been a nice gentle shower of about an inch-not days of rain that include near freezing temperatures again tonight.  Ah the life of farmer!

Saturday we worked with volunteers from Troop 98 and Dowling.  They took the tops off from all the collected milk jugs and laid a newspaper path in the back half of the garden.  We also took a chance and planted some more herbs.

This week we will try to work on Tuesday and Wednesday night to get some more planting in.  If you are not sure if it seems dry enough, give me a call at 314-2114. Please bring a trowel or a hoe if you have one.

In other Urban Harvest news, mark your calendar for our first open house on Friday night May 27.  We have been working on getting the word out to those in our community and would love to have a chance to meet fellow garden fans.  We will be working on fliers and  signage to get the word out.  We will also have posters.  If you would like copies that you can print and distribute, please email me at  brydberg@mchsi.com

And It Really, Really Works!

Last Friday night we tried out the garden seeder and guess what ? It works great!  After John and his dad put it together he planted a hundred feet of beans in about 20 minutes. 

We also planted green onions and big slicer onions.  With all of this heat things should be popping up soon! If it would rain it be garden perfection.  Now on for the big push!

This weekend we will plant tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers and whatever other fun things can find in the seed box.  Plans are to work from 10 -2 on Saturday.  Bring a hoe,trowel and a lunch if you want. 

We are also planning on taking down some dead trees in anticipation of  establishing a section of prairie so there is plenty to do.  Invite a friend!

Questions please call Beth at 314-2114

Watch for information on the Urban-Harvest open house coming soon.

Boys and Their Toys

I have watched with fascination over the last few weeks as the men working on the garden have worked with chain saws and power tools to build the raised beds and then operate.......the roto-tillers.  In the meantime I have crawled along in the dirt,  planting one seed at a time and saying a little prayer over each.

And then I saw it... a seed planter! 

Plant a variety of vegetable and flower seeds with one continuous operation of opening the soil, planting the seed, covering, and marking the next row. The Precision Garden Seeder takes the guess work out of planting row crops at the proper depth and spacing, making

your garden the envy of all!

Sounds a little like a Red Ryder BB Gun doesn't it?

Now this is a tool that could make me very excited! After crawling on my knees the last few weekends trying to plant lettuce seeds (Do you know how tiny they are?) I am thinking that there is potential in the promises of this contraption.

Join us Friday night from 6-8 or Saturday from 10-2 to see if this thing really works.  We will be planting the last of our cool weather crop and may even start some beans.

Please bring a hoe if you have one (in case the seeder doesn’t work) a lunch if you are staying over the dinner hour and a bottle of water.

Please park in the back of the parking lot on Saturday because there is a service at the church. 

If you talk nice to me I might let you use my seed planter!