Sun 29 Nov 2009
A Good Haul
Posted by brooklinemama under Winter Harvest , child's play , food (growing, cooking, preserving) , garden , homestead[5] Comments
Bed under row cover: lettuce and spinach
Fat broccoli under row cover
Lettuce and escarole
Dead wood expedition
A good haul
Woosh!
November 29th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Looks wonderful! And reminds me that I need to go pick broccoli! Amie looks like a good helper.
December 1st, 2009 at 3:12 am
Really enjoying reading your blog. We recently planted a garden with our four year old Emi. After only one month we have worms and bugs all over our lettuce. Do you use any organic or natural bug repellent?
December 1st, 2009 at 9:18 am
Leigh, I made it into an “expedition”, and each stick we found we could poke the other with, once, and gently. That way we had a wagon full in no time!
Toshi, I would use organic or natural repellent (read the ingredients list, if there is one, to make sure the “natural” isn’t a greenwashing), because having pesticide free veggies is one of the reason why I grow our own food (or try to, at least – grin).
December 1st, 2009 at 9:37 pm
[...] but there you have it. We’re hardly eating meat anymore, and we eat more (local) eggs. Our Winter Harvest is coming along well, thanks to the clement weather. [...]
December 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
[...] set up the kindling dryer – very simply the old soil screen under the shed roof. Amie and I hauled some more kindling, because I figured once it starts snowing it won’t be visible and for the picking [...]