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Now Harvesting: Early June

June 14, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

‘Garden Babies’ butterhead lettuce poses on my balcony. Here in Vancouver, summer is a little delayed. While the incessant rain and cool weather has meant stunted warm season crops, rust on my garlic, and pepper plants that are still biding their time indoors, it’s also meant a bumper crop of lettuce, scallions, herbs, arugula, spinach, […]

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Before and after: A leek makeover

June 7, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

I just lined up my posts for the week and by pure coincidence they all seem to be before-and-afters. But who doesn’t like a good makeover story? This story features leeks, the hardy and mild allium. It starts late last summer with the planting of my winter garden. The leeks held strong all winter, really […]

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Welcome to the warm season

June 3, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

close up of red cherry tomatoes

An explanation of cool and warm seasons in gardening, and why vegetables and herbs sometimes bolt (grow tall and set seed).

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: bolting, cool season, Gardening 101, transplant shock, warm season

Now Harvesting: late-May

May 31, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Peas! The peas are here! The sugar snaps made their debut on my balcony veggie garden this week, and MY GOD, there is nothing better. Also: lettuces, scallions, leeks, radishes, arugula, spinach, and herbs. What are you harvesting? You can see what others are harvesting now on Harvest Mondays, hosted by Daphne’s Dandelions.

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Now Harvesting: mid-May

May 20, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 9 Comments

I’ve decided to introduce a regular weekly feature on Heavy Petal called Now Harvesting. I hope to share with you what I’m eating out of the garden every week until winter, or until the garden is completely empty. For my own sake, I think this will be a great way to look back on what […]

Filed Under: My garden, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: arugula, Now Harvesting, radishes, spinach

Square foot update

May 7, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 6 Comments

In March, I wrote about the creation of my newest garden space, a raised bed planted using the square-foot method (of planting in 1′ squares). I’m happy to report that the garden, so far, is a success – turning out early producers spinach, radishes, and arugula. Left to right, top to bottom: ‘Easter Egg II’ […]

Filed Under: My garden, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: arugula, radishes, square foot gardening

Kale blossoms are just about the greatest thing

April 16, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 7 Comments

yellow kale flower

Kale makes a great crop for overwintering in the veggie garden. But if you’re hoping to harvest an early spring crop of your overwintered kale greens, be warned: it may just bolt (flower and set seed) as soon as the weather starts to warm in late winter or spring. Kale flowers taste like a cross […]

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: growing kale, kale flowers, lacinato kale

Using common ground to create a new garden space

March 18, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

A toddler in a bright coat gardens in a raised bed

Last fall, Ben and I built three raised beds and installed them in a small grassy area above the parking garage for our townhouse complex. The area was rarely used, so we decided to build a mini community garden to be shared by interested residents. (We also photographed the making of these beds for my […]

Filed Under: My garden, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: raised beds, shade, square foot gardening

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