For My Brother

My brother would like to know when his radish and lettuce are ready to be harvested.  Here are some pictures for him:

Not Ready

Lettuce, too little.

Radish, not quite ready.  

Ready:

This radish is definitely ready, but it will keep 

growing if you leave it there.

Most of this lettuce is ready, once it gets big like the

plant on the right, you can eat it!

Some ways you can use your veggies:

Slice it up and put it in a salad with your lettuce.

Slice up the radish and mix it with a little lemon juice.

Feed all the radish plus the leaves to your bunny, if you

have a bunny.

Bulbs

I planted the bulbs in the back corner near the trunk garden today.

They are under the peach/apricot tree.

If they bloom in the spring, I will add some soil mates to make

it look really pretty.  Their soil mates are mums and pansies.

Lemons

I've got lots of lemons.

Let me know if you need some.

Bulbs

I bought some bulbs for half price at Home Depot.  I'm storing them in my bathroom near the door to my deck.  This way I'll be inspired to go out soon and plant them.

I can't wait to bury them deep into the cold, dark ground where

they'll sit and sit and sit and sit until spring.

Hopefully they'll bloom then.

Autumn

I worked a bit this weekend in the backyard.  I took a lot of pictures today, but I'm only going to post a few right now.  I hope to post more later.  I love writing my thoughts down, but its hard when you are too tired.  Seems to be a trend in my blogs.  Oh well.

My Morning Glory fence is doing well.  I will

plant more starters soon.  They are thriving in their 

little dirt bags and styrofoam cups.

The brick area looks bare.  I pulled out a big

plant that didn't look very good anymore and the

pear tree has been gone for awhile.  I will 

follow my heart with this area all Autumn long.

Pokes

On my quiet drive to work this morning, I remembered something about my dirtbags.  I forgot to poke them with holes so the water drains!  Oops!  I stabbed them real quick this evening with one of those cute little birds that I put on the dirtbags.  I'm hoping for some pretty morning glory.  Its really taking off on my fence and I think fall is the perfect time to help get it established.

Fall Starters

I have lots of sprouts in my starters!  Unfortunately

I had to buy styrofoam cups to plant more seeds.

Lots of radish, to feel like a successful gardener.  

My goal is to actually plant the carrots

on a little hill.  

I had these bags leftover so I used them.

Dirtbags with Morning Glory

Fall Planting

I've finally got most of my fall starters!  I love fall planting, lots of greens!  Yum! 

My set-up tonight in my bathroom.  Oliver was in the bath 

so I had to stay close.  Busy busy.

Here is what I planted so far and how many 

rows of starters.  I need more containers, I 

still have about 6 more seed packets.

I'll have to ask Mom and Jess if they have any laying around.  

Neighborhood

If you follow your heart in my backyard to the back fence you will meet my hairdresser or her husband who is sometimes doing yard work down on that part of their property.  Or their dogs or their beautiful daughters.  They are all so nice!

So, here is her little gem of a hair salon:

Meow.

On the topic of the winery and two homes, Andrea said she thinks they have both been sold.  At least that is what she heard.  We both still have a whole bunch of ideas for the winery.  Hers are all boutiquey and weddingly, mine are a little more community based- community garden/literacy center/farmer's market/coffee shop kind of idea.  I was outside with Irma and Mari today- Sergio's wife and daughter and they loved my idea.  

I'm glad I live on a street of dreamers.  

Property Update

I want to write more about the winery that has been vacant for a couple of years now.  I will do it after I talk to my neighbor Thursday night.  I am having a hard time finding links to the homes and the winery.

I'm keeping my last post the way it is because it makes me laugh.  Its really hard to write at night when you are falling asleep!

The winemaker was so odd, but interesting.  

My neighbor, Sergio, helped him at the end

when he didn't have any money left to buy

food or cigarettes.  I'm so lucky to have

nice, caring, helpful neighbors like Sergio.  

Some things I wonder:

Do the grapes have to stay?

Does it have to stay agriculture?  I think so, Chad, my brother-in-law, thought there might be zoning laws, etc., I think he is right.  He is pretty smart too.

Why does the family have all their junk out by the truck and have garage sales every weekend?

Can the homes be used for commercial purposes?

My brain is thinking a lot.  I just hope something positive comes out of this property.

Property

I think the soil is really good around my home.  Someone good needs to purchase the winery that is at the end of 15th Avenue in my little neighborhood area.  They can grow a whole bunch of yummy things! 

There are two home sold separately that belonged to the Winemaker and his mom. They are gone now, after being evicted.  They just sort of fell apart and didn't take care of the historic winery very well.

The winery is being sold separately by other family that still owns it.  I have heard from other neighbors that the wine making equipment is too messed up to even repair.  The property is nice thought and the historic buildings are interesting.  I will try and find real estate links tomorrow.

Our little neighborhood really wants something good to come from it.  On Thursday night I am going to the neighbor who lives above me to get my hair done.  She always has good ideas of what we;d like to see happen to the property.    She always has good ideas!

Here are my ideas:

Community Garden

Fid uo d---Oops, I'm falling asleep.  I'll fix this blog later.

Dead End.

15th Avenue

This truck is for sale too.

Resident

Here she is:

Carrots

Here is our carrot harvest!

Cuties!

Morning Glory

The morning glory is doing pretty well in my yard! 

Last Tomato Harvest

I'm pretty pleased with the tomato harvest

this year.  I think it helped planting them

in four different areas!

A Closer Look

Here is a closer look at our Resident Black Widow's little nook.  I'll have to do something about it soon.