Karl's Garden Blog

The heat of summer has already hit here in south Texas, and it’s been over 100 for several days in a row with highs hitting 103-106. If it’s this hot this early, I’m in abject fear of what August is going to be like. We might get a ‘break’ on Tuesday along with a cold [...]

The garden’s slowly but surely producing dribs and drabs of produce. I’ve got dozens of Roma tomatoes ripening on the vine, a four or five Black Krims (no Mr. Stripeys), several handfuls of Sweet 100’s, and Emily and I ate a wonderful cucumber that the Bush Champion produced. Can’t wait for it to grow more… [...]

I haven’t had the time due to work to take pictures recently, but the tops fell on all of my onions in the past day or two, so I pulled them last night.
I had planned to preserve them and use them when the tomatoes are ready for salsa in another month or two, but [...]

Well, it’s regularly hitting 90 degrees, and all of my other Brassicas have gone bitter. I guess it was just time to do away with the kohlrabi. The first of the Early White Vienna Kohlrabi was harvested, but the stuff I seeded outdoors and had been growing since early March was getting eaten alive by [...]

A lot of the recipes from this post on The Simple Dollar about depression cooking are possible with the things I’m growing. Can’t wait until I get some produce!
Here’s a little embedded teaser:

I’m hoping that I have extra produce this year. Crossing my fingers, hoping, praying, … you know, the usual. My cupboards are bare and my wish list is being assembled for … yes, you guessed it, some home canning equipment and supplies.
Taking a lesson from Get Rich Slowly, I’m planning to save as much [...]

The fruits and vegetables you can buy in the store are apparently getting less healthy according to an article in this month’s edition of HortScience. (via Kottke) One more reason to grow your own vegetables: You can choose your cultivars based on your personal tastes.