We started veggies from seed, we planted seedlings and saplings, and now we are tending volunteers? Yes, I can’t resist a plant that reseeds itself!  There is something exciting about tending plants that put themselves in the ground when we don’t know exactly what might come from the volunteers.  Above are sunflowers that grew from dropped birdseed. When we moved the compost bin earlier this spring,  we didn’t consider all the seeds lurking in the [...]

Yesterday was a lazy day with an overcast sky so I finally took time to photograph what’s growing in our garden. Broccoli Raab, Lettuce, Spinach and herbs were all harvested this week Broccoli, Peas, Beans, Squash, Strawberries, Tomatos and Carrots are growing strong We supplemented our peppers grown from seed with 3 sweet yellow and 3 sweet chili peppers seedlings from Oakland Nursery.  We also planted 1 cherry and 1 beefsteak tomato seedling from oakland [...]

Earlier in the season I was looking for fencing to go around the new dwarf cherry trees.  The dogs were running through the tree patch and I didn’t want them to damage the poor young things. Previous owners of our house left behind lots of these beautiful metal border fences.  I tried to find some to match but the high quality ones were cost prohibitive and the cheap ones just looked cheap. I decided to [...]

…will have to wait a few days.  We are so busy recording video footage that I didn’t take pictures of the garden this weekend.  I did make a super cool trellis for peas on Mother’s Day and I’ll be posting about that soon…

As Finalists in the Intuit Small Business Grant Competition , we were given a Flip digital camera.  (I won’t repeat all the competition news here, but you can follow on our contest page if you wish.) We are having fun taking videos with this tiny camera.  I thought it appropriate to share this one with you, a little garden tour with doggies: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUJOf0kXu1g]

I am hosting a bike ride next Monday May 11 for bike to work week. Bring the kids & meet near the wading pond at Whetstone Park to ride a short 2.5 miles along the Olentangy Bike Path to Tuttle Park. Play for approximately one hour, then head back. Campfire Columbus will provide some snacks at Tuttle. This will be a very family-friendly ride, short and leisurely.  I hope to see you there!

We had a lot of rain last week and with that came inches of green sprout growth! Peas are almost 6 inches, beans and squash are leafing, kale has sprouted, spinach is on second set of leaves, and lettuce is almost big enough to eat! Alex finally convinced me that frost is not going to reappear until the fall so we planted the rest of our green babies outside. Our potted meyer lemon tree (happily [...]