Category Archives: victory garden

Summer!

I Love this…as hot and humid as it has been this year I am really enjoying it. The garden is literally out of control. You can barley see the Mundo locked up to the hitching post behind the cucumber, broccoli, green beans, and corn. Whenever I start to get down about how hot it hasContinue reading “Summer!”

>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”

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”

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.

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.

>Things That Grow Back

> Yup, it’s almost that time of year again…time to start planting vegetables. I look at it with both dread and anticipation…I enjoy doing it but anyone that plants a garden knows how much work it is, especially in the beginning. But one of the things that I enjoy about this time of year, theContinue reading “>Things That Grow Back”

Things That Grow Back

Yup, it’s almost that time of year again…time to start planting vegetables. I look at it with both dread and anticipation…I enjoy doing it but anyone that plants a garden knows how much work it is, especially in the beginning. But one of the things that I enjoy about this time of year, the timeContinue reading “Things That Grow Back”

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”

>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”

Zucchini On Steroids

Yup…I’m still trying to eat my way through the giant zucchini…look at the size of that thing, it’s as wide as my refrigerator (though I do have an apartment sized refrigerator…still, it’s gotta be 18″ long at least half that in diameter). Anyhow, here’s a pic of the zucchini, pepper, and tomato omelet I hadContinue reading “Zucchini On Steroids”

>Zucchini On Steroids

>Yup…I’m still trying to eat my way through the giant zucchini…look at the size of that thing, it’s as wide as my refrigerator (though I do have an apartment sized refrigerator…still, it’s gotta be 18″ long at least half that in diameter). Anyhow, here’s a pic of the zucchini, pepper, and tomato omelet I hadContinue reading “>Zucchini On Steroids”

>Ratatouille and Pasta (sans aubergine)

>My gardens are not doing that well this year…partly because of the crazy wet summer we’ve had, but also because of my lack of weeding and trimming (not to mention what the rabbits and slugs have pilfered)…it really is out of control. At any rate, I am finally starting to get a few things, andContinue reading “>Ratatouille and Pasta (sans aubergine)”