snow peas

What a blast.  The yw came from church to help paint the fences.  But, it rained.  For a quick substitute project we did garden work:  Drew jobs from the job jar I made, and each girl learned a new project in the garden.  Three clipped back the spent blossoms on the chives.  Three got to…

All the plants survived the frost.  Hooray.

Taught a gardening class today.  I concentrated on containers with edibles:  dwarf tomato, lettuce, and cucumber with nasturtiums and chives.  Used 8-gallon plastic terra-cotta pots with drainage holes. Cautioned them to use a saucer under so not to stain patio or porch floor.

First white potato blossom today.  White potatoes are my staple crop.  They are the most nutritionally-dense of any vegetable and store well over winter in the root  cellar.  Plus, any left over become the seed potato for next year’s crop.  Even shriveled, they grow.  I bake them, boil them, fry them, scallop them, and add…

The shallots are just poking their heads up.  They look like grass just now and I must remember not to pull them.  Shallots will be a nice mild substitute for onions and are not so hard to digest.