Showing posts with label organic garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organic garden. Show all posts
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Pumpkin Harvest
I have never grown a pumpkin ever,and one day, while inspecting the garden, I was surprised by one almost ripe pumpkin..We harvested a few days ago...there is another one though, but it is on the other side of the fence...we will have to get 2 ladders to climb to the other side of fenced but otherwise vacant lot. What a waste...this lot sits empty and overgrown and it is so easy to plant vegetables that can be donated to the food pantry
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Update: Le Cordon Bleu Chicago's Organic Garden
Where is the garden: the Vegetable Garden is North of the Main Building on Chestnut, downtown Chicago, just right along the property fence. The Butterfly Garden is just outseide Admission's windows, right alongside the building wall.
What is the purpose of the garden: to show students the connection with food, how it grows, how it is used and how it is used to nourish lives.
What grows in the garden; the vegetable garden this year is much more mature than last year, its first year. The mint as expected has prospered, the oregano is half my size, and the chives have so much bloom, I have lost track (I always know how many buds my plants have) The thyme, has not stopped, the lemon grass, the rosemary, the sage, are all spritely. The broccoli has dropped seed and is as healthy as can be, the rapini has sown anywhere and everywhere. the chard is colorful, the tomatoes look promising, the onions on its way to making everybody cry...The peppers seem a little slow, the squashes not quite happy with all the rain and clouds. The green beans doing better than expected, the yard long beans, and the basil are perhaps waiting for better weather. The peapod is a surprise, perhaps due to the cold weather. I was late spreading the coriander and the dill, but saw that it is better late than never. There are eggplants, tomatillos, and a lone sunflower.
The butterfly garden, offsprings of my own home garden, may be healthier than their brothers and sisters due to a sunnier and a more manageable location.
What is the purpose of the garden: to show students the connection with food, how it grows, how it is used and how it is used to nourish lives.
What grows in the garden; the vegetable garden this year is much more mature than last year, its first year. The mint as expected has prospered, the oregano is half my size, and the chives have so much bloom, I have lost track (I always know how many buds my plants have) The thyme, has not stopped, the lemon grass, the rosemary, the sage, are all spritely. The broccoli has dropped seed and is as healthy as can be, the rapini has sown anywhere and everywhere. the chard is colorful, the tomatoes look promising, the onions on its way to making everybody cry...The peppers seem a little slow, the squashes not quite happy with all the rain and clouds. The green beans doing better than expected, the yard long beans, and the basil are perhaps waiting for better weather. The peapod is a surprise, perhaps due to the cold weather. I was late spreading the coriander and the dill, but saw that it is better late than never. There are eggplants, tomatillos, and a lone sunflower.
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