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 bigger than the rest.  This [...]

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 sure if that refers to [...]

It hasn’t rained for a couple of weeks. It looks like rain, it feels like rain, it even smells like rain all day today. I’m almost entirely out of water, I had a little more than twenty gallons stored a few weeks ago, but I’ve been using about one or two gallons a [...]

I spent all afternoon carrying bags of soil up to the roof, and drilling drainage holes in my planters.  (Drilling a ton of holes)  It was really exhausting, but I finally feel ready to get everything planted.  My roof is starting to look more like a garden now.  Rather than being covered with empty joint-compound [...]

So, I’ve been collecting more and more seeds (although some of these are zoe’s).  I don’t know where I’m going to plant them all.  From the top left Pole Beans, Peas, Hollyhock, Plum tomatoes (all Zoe’s), Dill, Squash, Cherry  tomatoes (indeterminate), Purple Cherokee tomatoes(also, indeterminate), Butterball lettuce, Roma tomatoes, Goldy Honey Bear Sunflower,  Giant Gold  [...]