March 10
Weather: above 30º thank god, but it's cloudy.
I have some plans set for the garden. I'll go over them in another post after discussing with the gang. For now, we have some plants starting to show.
It might be hard to see, but in the image on the left, the strawberry plants are starting to pop up. This is their third year. From my understanding, they start to be less productive after the fourth year. The strawberries are not my project, but I like them.
The image on the right is of the teeny tiny rhubarb. That's Rhu-Barbara. She's an old lady. Upon discovering this tiny leaf, I put a bucket over her. This is to force her growth. Rhubarb grows rapidly in darkness and doing it this early allows for an early harvest. Last year, it let me harvest all spring and summer. I think I was still yoinking some stalks into the fall a bit.
For those who haven't had rhubarb, it's a sweet and sour stalk that is like celery in texture. It can make you sick if you don't cook it. One or two bites is fine. Don't eat any more than that cause it can harm you. It's usually in baked sweets. I love to make a crisp with it that I serve with a Kemps vanilla ice cream. I highly recommend if you want the true Minnesotan summer experience.
The most urgent garden tasks are to start my seedlings and to clean up the beds. The rabbits have gone wild in them...
January 19
Weather: Cold, highs in the single digits. Later in the week, it'll be highs like -2.
Old garden page archived. I've made this one in place of it.
I don't have much planned for the garden yet, but the gears are starting to turn. As I have mentioned in a previous garden post towards the end of 2025, I want to adopt a more strategic arrangement. Plants that benefit each other or ones that deter pests. All that. I am going to limit our peppers because no one ate any of them. I really want to just plant things that us four will actually eat. I need to get these people to eat these these goddamn vegetables.
I will try to do seedlings this time. Sell or give away any extras (Minneapolis people hmu?). I have a good spot for them, and there's a nice plant light in that spot. The winter sun isn't the best here.
Anyways, I will be updating this more around February or March.