Lots of Tomatoes
The tomatoes are coming en masse. Last Thursday at the Farmer's Market several sellers featured heirloom tomatoes. Of course I couldn't resist and bought a ton. I thought it was a good chance for...
August 03, 2003
Hummingbird
Again too much time has passed since I've updated here and I can't possibly get into everything that has happened. First the most exciting thing... Thursday was my birthday. I turned thirty. That night we...
July 22, 2003
Veggies are Coming
This entry has been a long time coming. I neglected my community plot for a week and when I got to it last Saturday it had grown so much I was in shock. I...
July 02, 2003
Late June Catch-up
Pink Yarrow Yikes. Summertime, and the gardening is busy but fun. However, one week without updating here and I'm beyond catching up. So much has happened. Most of the veggies are producing flowers. Some...
June 10, 2003
One Down, One to Go
Last week Davin and I built the raised bed frame and installed it. By the time we got around to it, it was late in the evening so we didn't have much time for anything...
May 31, 2003
Late May Goings On
Bleeding Heart Well, it's the time of year when the plants develop at a lightening pace and something new happens in the garden just about every other minute. This year I have three gardens...
April 25, 2003
My Little Garden
My plot of earth. Before. Show above is my little patch of earth. Yesterday when I was walking home from the Farmer's Market (my new Thursday afternoon ritual), I saw that one of my...
January 23, 2003
Thinking Out Loud About Plant Groups
I subscribe to a Cactus and Succulents mail group. The list has only been active a few short months, and during that time there has been little activity. Today I contributed for the first time....
October 11, 2002
Farmer's Market
Yesterday was the Parkdale Farmer's Market and it was better than I expected. I had anticipated bringing home lots of organic produce, but I didn't expect much more. It turned out that there was a...
October 08, 2002
No More Food From My Garden
Ever since I stopped getting the organic produce box delivery I've been on the look-out for local farmer's markets from which I can buy organic produce. For the last few months I've been going to...
September 06, 2002
Gayla's Guide to This Year's Tomato Harvest
In the past week I've been enjoying the bounty from my garden. Last weekend I harvested another round of herbs, hung them to dry, and packaged up the ones that were fully dry. I love...
August 29, 2002
Hoarding Food
This morning I discovered one of my tomato plants had been knocked over by the wind (container and all). We had a very windy day yesterday. The plant is okay but sadly I lost SEVERAL...
August 16, 2002
Herb Book, Cicada, Purple Prince
I bought a new plant book the other day. It's a book I've been thinking about for a while but had hesitated on due to the price (I'm an extremely guilty shopper). The book...
August 14, 2002
Garden Fertilizers
caterpillar photographed in High Park on Saturday, Aug. 10 As I've probably mentioned several times now the tomato plants are getting huge. I was really concerned that despite my best efforts they weren't getting...
July 30, 2002
The First Ripe Tomato
We had our first tomatoes 'sunrise III' over the weekend. The first wasn't fully ripe but I picked it because the heavy rains had split the fruit open. It was mealy inside which worried me...
July 24, 2002
That's Not a Jalapeno...
We have been blessed with rain. Under normal circumstances I would never say such a thing, but it has been such a relief to NOT have to water the plants twice a day. My usual...
July 10, 2002
Who's Panicking?!
How did I let planting the tomatoes slip through the cracks of time like I did? I was just checking over last year's journal entries to see where the tomatoes were at at this time...
