Farmer Jonathan — Part 1
I decided to plant a vegetable garden this year. I’m not quite sure why. I don’t really need something else to do and I don’t eat anything that I’m planting. I guess I was just up for the challenge.
I’m attempting to grow peppers and pumpkins from seeds and tomatoes from store-bought plants.
I built this raised bed last fall to accomodate the vegetable garden. Here’s a PROTIP for you from Farmer Jonathan: When you build a food garden out of landscaping timbers, you should always let it sit for at least six months before adding your soil. This keeps the chemicals used to treat the wood from compromising your soil.
Even Farmer Kimberlie decided to get in on the action with sunflowers. We’ve planted sunflowers several times in the past and they always rock.
And we scored a nifty little rain gauge freebie this weekend at the Forsythia Festival . . . right before it rained on us!
Hopefully we will have a bounty of fresh veggies — even though we don’t eat them!
March 18th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
LOL.
May 7th, 2010 at 9:02 am
[...] been almost 2 months since we’ve visited Farmer Jonathan. The vegetable garden is doing well. We added tomatoes, strawberries, eggplant, and something [...]
January 10th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
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