Radishes and Lettuce: The Early Birds
Tonight’s dinner: spring lettuce, radishes, and homemade vinaigrette.Spring Lettuce May Radishes
View ArticleFall Fell
Well, dear friends, Fall has touched down in South Philly. Which is not to say we won’t be slammed with a few more 90 degree days; but generally, temps are hovering in the 70s during the day and low...
View ArticleFresh Fall
Yup, long time no write. It took a while for the kale and second batch of chard to reach critical mass (the month of cold, February-like rain that consumed Philly’s October didn’t help) but the fall...
View ArticleA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Spring is here. The sun is shining. It’s 55 degrees outside. Radishes and peppercress have been planted…and the bugs have emerged. The thyme that had nearly made it through its indoor winter has been...
View Article75 Seeds
65 Seeds And counting: only 6-7 weeks before planting on deck commences. Despite the cold rain falling on freshly seeded radishes, the flowers (cleome, lavender, and the random seeds saved from last...
View ArticleRunty Radishes
Runty Radishes Planted about a month ago, these French Breakfast radishes survived squirrel rape and pillage (which surely stunted the poor buggers as they had to be more or less transplanted...
View ArticlePOD Had a Plan
Sure, it might be the tiniest bit early to be thinking about seeds, but snow’s on the ground and temps are plummeting. And Plants on Deck has been dormant for far too long. first they bloomed These...
View ArticleSeptember Progress
The Little Hurricane has recently been redubbed Typhoid C. You see, yesterday marked the one-month anniversary of our shared illnesses. That’s 30-odd days of hacking coughs, multi-colored mucus,...
View ArticlePlaying Catch-up
There haven’t been many bumper crops at POD this year. And it’s fair to blame POD’s meager harvests on the toddler. She’s distracting. And all-consuming. But the radishes were plentiful and rather...
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