My 5×5 Garden
When I came back from Ohio, the 5×5 Challenge Garden was looking fabulous. In two weeks it had grown into a jungle!
I spy tiny scallions seedlings and flower buds on the zucchini. The lettuce could be harvested as well if I wanted to.
Now that your garden is growing, it’s time to check on it often and pull any weeds you see. If you have trouble distinguishing between plants and weeds, check out the post from a few weeks ago with photos of seedlings. You could also ask an experienced edible gardener you know.
How does your 5×5 Challenge Garden grow? Are you harvesting anything yet? Which plants are growing the best for you?
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While the Gardener is Away…
The plants will continue to grow quite nicely and the weeds grow twice as fast.
The chickies will grow into miniature chickens.
The peas are flush with pods, we harvested our first batch and enjoyed them for supper last night and the broccoli isn’t far behind.
It rained so much that the slugs made my cabbage look like swiss cheese. The pigs don’t mind the slugs and enjoyed it for supper last night.
I’ve certainly got my work cut out for me in the coming weeks ahead. No doubt I’ll be spending every spare moment out weeding, trying to get the garden back under control. Stay tuned tomorrow to see what the 5×5 Challenge Garden looks like.
Do you notice that things seem to change almost overnight in the garden this time of year?
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Cultivate Simple 36: MicroBusiness
First of all we want to apologize for the audio quality. We recorded this while traveling back from Ohio to Maine.
A couple weeks ago we discussed tips for starting a small business. On this week’s episode we discuss micro businesses in depth.
What micro business would you like to start?
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:05:23 — 45.6MB)
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Quote of the Day: Neighbors
Gardens are living things that get pimples and have awkward growth spurts. They age and get wrinkles. The garden doesn’t care how it looks though. Only the gardener does (and maybe the neighbors).
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn, 2nd Revised Edition
My mom’s neighbor is an avid gardener and her gardens show it! We’ve watched her garden grow, as they built their house around the same time my parents build theirs. Here are some photos of her lovely garden.
Ginger’s gardens have changed a lot throughout the years. I always enjoy visiting my mom to see what Ginger is doing. She has one of the most beautiful crabapple trees I’ve ever seen, sadly it was planted when they first moved in and she doesn’t remember the variety.
Do you have any neighbors with beautiful gardens that you get to enjoy?
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Jawdroppingly LARGE
Yesterday evening, we went out to a friend’s house to check out his Tamworth pigs. This is a breed I’ve been considering raising, as I read they do very well when pastured in the forest.
This big guy weighed in around 600 or 650, although Tamworth boars can grow to 850. It was jawdroppingly LARGE when he came out of his hut.
The lady weighs in at around 300 and is currently pregnant and expecting piglets in August.
Thankfully, because of Nina from Ruit Farm I have found a breeder that lives only a few miles from us. In the future we hope to raise a few different types of hogs in search of our favorite breed. These guys were definitely impressive, but it does get me thinking about Guinea Hogs which are a smaller breed.
What’s the most impressive farm animal you’ve ever been around?
