Sunday, October 24, 2010

The End Of A Season


After a week of rain in Southern California I decided it was time to do a recap of the summer garden.

In June I finally decided it was time to get rid of the pumpkin that has been sitting on our doorstep since last Halloween. Instead of throwing it away I decided to bury it in the ground with hopes that we might get a new pumpkin this year. Well, the pumpkin invaded the entire front, but we received three small but beautiful white pumpkins.




We did have a successful batch of onions(that grew in a row next to the front step), potato's(grown in a whiskey barrel), and pea's which never made it into the house they were so good. We grew peanuts for the first time after receiving a plant from my mother-in-law for Mother's Day. I was quite impressed and will definitely be planting these again.




I did have some failures this year. The strawberries(growing in one Topsy Turvey, one horse trough, and three hanging baskets) did not produce a very large crop. Ethan and the neighbor girl constantly hunted down the ripe ones in the horse trough and devoured them on the front doorstep. After having a successful crop with artichokes last year I put two more in. Unfortunately only one of the plants produced fruit. The corn crop was a complete failure, but I blame myself for starting it so late.

As I get ready for fall I am going to need to transition into a container Gardener. We are currently preparing to sell our house so that we can try and make our dreams of living in Oregon a reality. I do not know how fast the house will sell, but there are two things I am sure of: the new buyer's probably won't appreciate artichokes, onions and spinach growing in the yard, they will want flowers; and the second is that whatever I start growing now I want to be able to take it with us so I can enjoy the harvest.

Last week I sowed fall potatoes, onions, garlic, and spinach. This year's crop is small, but it should be bountiful enough to make me feel closer to my dream.

Friday, February 5, 2010

First Edition

I am a hippie at heart that just feels like I am not living the life that I dream about. My husband and I want a farm that will raise chickens, vegtables and some goats to go with the name. We hope to raise our two year old in enough space to run around in and to know that carrots come from the ground, not the grocery store.

We currently live in a townhouse where we try to grow as many fruits and vegtables as possible. We fight the HOA over growing corn in our front yard, and worry about enough strawberries from the backyard.

Some day we will own Wisegoat Acres, but until then, I just hope to learn and grow from starting from a small place.