http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:28:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=90 The first green tomato appeared this week, but the excitement was cancelled out by the horrible aphid/white fly problem that I let get out of control.  I tried to keep their numbers down by blasting the tomatoes with the hose every couple of days, but there are so many now ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=87 The peas, even though they have been looking dry and yellow, sprouted really nice pink and purple pea flowers.  The flowers only lasted a day or two before they wilted into the beginnings of baby pea pods.  I think the peas are too crowded be really happy, there are four ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=86 While it looks like I got a giant amount of greens for a really good salad, this was actually just an attempt to help my leafy greens grow a little before it gets too hot for them.  They were all very crowded in tight containers, and not growing any taller ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=83 I was thinning the radishes today, and a couple of them turned out to be pretty big!   They didn't have quite enough crunch for me, but they sure were peppery.  The smallest ones were almost hot.  I should have sliced them up and thrown them in with the kale I ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=80 I strung up the peas,  I thought they would just climb up the railing posts that border the roof, but today I was reading about the difference between twining vines and climbing vines.  Climbing vines, like common ivy, either secrete a gluey sap, or use micro-fiber shoots to grip tiny ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=76 Broccoli Rabe is so good. Well, its a little bitter, but I haven't had the patience to cook any yet. It's the biggest plant in my garden right now (yes, kind of pathetically) and whenever I'm working on the roof, I'll just pull off a couple of leaves ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=71 It finally rained.  Half the day and all night.  I filled up all of my buckets, my watering can, and all the old milk containers in our recycling.  I got soaked, I kept running up to the roof to switch buckets out from under the gutters, and fill up any ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=69 Sunflowers The first of the beans that Zoe and I planted last week started to sprout. Just barely peeking through the soil. The radishes (on the left) are doing better than anything else. I planted them along side some of the tomatoes, and now the radishes are getting to be ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=55 The squash. Chamomile! I've never seen a chamomile plant before. I think the tea comes from the blossoms. These guys are still tiny, but they're really cute. I've read that some varieties can be really sticky and sappy, almost poisonous(In the Foxfire book). However, I'm not ... http://www.kevinquinnmcguinness.com/dev/wp2/?p=59