Archive for April, 2010

Notes From the Urban Homestead 4-28-10

What’s in the ground:
Just a few more weeks to hold off until those nightshades are going in. But if you’re looking for something to do and watching your kale grow is just not satisfying enough, do your beets, radishes and carrots a favor and thin them out. When you don’t you get those stubby little [...]

Notes From the Urban Homestead 4-21-10

What’s in the ground:
I was very excited this week to make a really cool leap in sustainability and sow my own garbanzo beans. It’s funny because everyone every year plants pole beans, bush beans, green beans, and I love how well they fix nitrogen in the soil and get the space ready for some ripping [...]

Notes From the Urban Homestead 4-14-10

What’s in the ground:
When a season is this turbulent, it’s hell to crop plan. I imagine that many people have been really tending to their greens in between these highs and these lows, and if there are other things going on, those other great early spring crops may have been overlooked. If you haven’t seeded [...]

Notes From the Urban Homestead 4-6-10

What’s in the ground:
Even though I said the same thing last year when this happened, I’ll say it again, I can’t believe that it’s April and we’ve hit 90 F. Not only does the ominous effects of climate change loom overhead, but for this month, everything is thrown off. I even heard of strawberry plants [...]