Category Archives: vegetable gardening

>Love at First Bite

> To quote Tom Petty, “The waiting is the hardest part.” I’m of course referring to tomatoes; I’m one of millions of Americans who find this to be their favorite garden vegetable (fruit, actually). It really does make summer feel like summer to me when I can pick tomatoes from their vines. I’ve been eyingContinue reading “>Love at First Bite”

Another Meal From The Garden

It is that delicious time of year when things are starting to come to fruition in the garden. I picked just enough vegetables for dinner tonight and made a variation of my favorite pasta dish…aglio e olio. Click here and here for earlier posts with pictures on how to make this dish with a recipe.

>Another Meal From The Garden

> It is that delicious time of year when things are starting to come to fruition in the garden. I picked just enough vegetables for dinner tonight and made a variation of my favorite pasta dish…aglio e olio. Click here and here for earlier posts with pictures on how to make this dish with aContinue reading “>Another Meal From The Garden”

Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden

If you’ve been to this blog before then you know that it is mostly about using a bike as a regular form of transportation, but it’s also about food (that I grow and cook), and about living simply (which is the most difficult thing, I think). At-any-rate, I am a proponent of getting rid ofContinue reading “Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden”

>Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden

> If you’ve been to this blog before then you know that it is mostly about using a bike as a regular form of transportation, but it’s also about food (that I grow and cook), and about living simply (which is the most difficult thing, I think). At-any-rate, I am a proponent of getting ridContinue reading “>Really Good Food From A Really Small Garden”

Old Garden Posters

I Love these…old adverts for victory gardens (also called liberty gardens during WW I).With the food issues we have today (and I’m not talking about scarcity, but more so about factory farming, pesticides, and lack of diversity) I can’t help but wonder if these posters aren’t more relevant than ever.

Tortellini alla Giardino

This is a simple recipe that is only partially true to it’s title..it is not entirely alla giardino (from my garden), but there are a few things. Mainly, I’ve had a Swiss chard plant that grows back almost as fast as I eat it (there are worse problems), and the basil is already in fullContinue reading “Tortellini alla Giardino”

>Tortellini alla Giardino

> This is a simple recipe that is only partially true to it’s title..it is not entirely alla giardino (from my garden), but there are a few things. Mainly, I’ve had a Swiss chard plant that grows back almost as fast as I eat it (there are worse problems), and the basil is already inContinue reading “>Tortellini alla Giardino”

This is the last pepper I am going to purchase…

…at least for this season. I have 28 pepper plants (6 varieties), among other things, growing in my super-teeny Allentown “front yard.” Some are already starting to flower…very exciting. Urban Simplicity.

>Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation

> Every year when I plant my vegetable garden it is just a new experiment. It all started about 20 years go when I pushed a few seedlings into the moist ground and watered them…and to my surprise they grew. I’ve been hooked ever since. I try to do something new every year. This yearContinue reading “>Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation”

Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation

Every year when I plant my vegetable garden it is just a new experiment. It all started about 20 years go when I pushed a few seedlings into the moist ground and watered them…and to my surprise they grew. I’ve been hooked ever since. I try to do something new every year. This year IContinue reading “Crop Rotation…Bike Rotation”

Front Yard Vegetable Garden

The front yard victory garden is planted…ah the anticipation. For resources (and inspiration mostly) on turning your front yard into a vegetable garden click here and here. To see pictures of my front yard vegetable gardens from previous years click here, here, here, here, and here. Urban Simplicity.

>Last of the Season

>Dug up what remained of the garden yesterday….I’m always a little surprised what I find under wilted leaves and plants this late in the season. I love autumn (it’s my favorite season) but it’s also a somewhat melancholy time for me, I know what’s ahead…time to brace for the long darkness of winter. I loveContinue reading “>Last of the Season”

Last of the Season

Dug up what remained of the garden yesterday….I’m always a little surprised what I find under wilted leaves and plants this late in the season. I love autumn (it’s my favorite season) but it’s also a somewhat melancholy time for me, I know what’s ahead…time to brace for the long darkness of winter. I loveContinue reading “Last of the Season”

>The Relentless Urban Rabbits

>This has not been a good summer for vegetable gardening…it’s bad enough that there has been a low yield with all the rain and lack of heat and sun, but what has been growing has been slowly and consistently chewed away by rabbits. I recently posted on the subject of the explosion of urban rabbitsContinue reading “>The Relentless Urban Rabbits”

The Relentless Urban Rabbits

This has not been a good summer for vegetable gardening…it’s bad enough that there has been a low yield with all the rain and lack of heat and sun, but what has been growing has been slowly and consistently chewed away by rabbits. I recently posted on the subject of the explosion of urban rabbitsContinue reading “The Relentless Urban Rabbits”

Orange Cucumbers

For about a month now I’ve been wondering what the hell these were hanging off the cucumber vines in my garden. When I googled orange cucumber I found that there are/were multitudes wondering the same thing. It also seems that most, like me, thought they were planting pickling cucumbers. As it turns out (from theContinue reading “Orange Cucumbers”