Skippy's Vegetable Garden

This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy was my first dog and he thought the garden was his, even though I did all the work. Now Suzie and Charley follow in his footsteps. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6A). I have a community plot, a backyard vegetable garden, fruit trees, berry bushes, chickens, and bees. I use sustainable organic methods and do my best to grow all of my family's vegetables myself.

peas planted!

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

winter solstice

The shortest and darkest day of the year. But definitely a cause for celebration! Our days now begin to lengthen. I much prefer the seasons ...

Saturday, December 20, 2008

outsourcing vegetable gardening and CSAs

Here's a wild new idea. Excerpts: ... MyFarm is an enterprise that puts vegetable gardens into people's backyards, then sends a gar...

Skippy loves the snow

Skippy sure loves the snow! He found a bunch of other dogs at the sledding hill and I'm sure they had as much fun as the kids. One of ...

snowy garden

We got about 8 inches (as predicted). The kale is just barely sticking out of the snow. I'll have to make some kale soup soon as its tas...

Friday, December 19, 2008

its snowing tonight!

At 9 pm, the snow is coming down fast. Skippy and I will have to do some diggin' to find my patch of kale tomorrow. Heck, I don't ev...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

one inch of snow, more on the way

Looks like much of the central and northeastern US will get the next storm that's coming on Friday. Hold onto your hats!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

the gray before the storm

I hear Boston has some weather moving in. This may be the last of our brown and gray fields. We didn't get last week's ice storm - o...

more horse manure

I collected another wheelbarrow full of horse manure for my garden today. I'm pleased to be accumulating a good layer of this. The good ...

Monday, December 15, 2008

dried flowers

I didn't collect any of these seeds, but they will probably reseed themselves: sunflower, morning glory, anise hyssop and rudbeckia.

crop list for 2009

Here's my list of vegetables and varieties for my next year's garden. I'm still editing this list. Asparagus (crowns): Jersey Su...

Sunday, December 14, 2008

winter CSA distribution

With no vegetables from my garden to photograph, I took pictures of my winter half-distribution from Belmont CSA. Beautiful roots, fluffy k...

Saturday, December 13, 2008

cheers! a winter martini with ... radishes!

I still have a million (almost) radish in my fridge from my garden. They are still great in martinis. Cheers! Actually I have about 20 radis...

winter reading

Here is my bookshelf. I bought most of these back in the fall when it started to look like winter was coming after all. Unfortunately, I...

Friday, December 12, 2008

dreary December

Its such a dark and dreary time. The sun sets at 4:15 now. And with the thick cloud cover it is truly gloomy. Many parts of Massachusetts ha...

changing temperatures

Remember how deep the snow used to be in the winter? Often way up over my head. Snow forts, giant icicles, snow angels.... Giant snow drifts...

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