Pictorial Update

Wow! It's really SPRING out there! We've got a ton of fresh goodies coming in from the garden beds already and really really happy that there has not been one single day this year that something wasn't ready to be picked and eaten. Green onions, leeks, greens, carrots, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, lettuce, and lots of herbs are some of the yummy things that can be grown during late winter and early spring in Norther California. By setting up some hoop-houses over a few rows, we are able to get an even earlier start. My dream is to have a real live greenhouse ASAP! I'd love to set my little tomato seedlings free to grow in a big space in the middle of winter...

Before, I start day dreaming of big greenhouses just yet though, here are a couple photos of what is actually going down in our urban food forrest.

Beets, white carrots, parsnips, rutabaga...

all came out of this little 3x4 patch!

spying tender dandelions..

Fennel

ready to go!

onion patch

"no more excuses" it's time to smother weeds!

Hunny soakin' up the sun!

Going to be our best tomato year yet!

transplanting time!

Sweet potato "slips"

Leeks!

Mom's excited about potato/leek soup!

Who doesn't love em?

there IS a castle buried under there...

Still working away on some projects like this container garden area that Justin is busy hacking away at. I swear, he just doesn't give up and before I could look twice, these were the massive rocks he pried out of the dirt! We are contemplating building a cute little rock wall to outline the garden like you'd see in the country. Any ideas on what to do with rocks?