I'm back!

After a long and peaceful break on this blog, it is time to update. So much has grown in the past few weeks. We are eating carrots, beets, herbs, cucumbers, and scallions. The tomatoes are doing well, still green but they should be filling in soon. We even have a baby pumpkin. My sunflowers and nasturtiums give the garden a punch of bright sunny color. Here are some pictures:

is it good? is it green?

These are the questions many of us ask about the products we buy or the services we use. Now there is a new website in the Boston area that can help us all figure out the important answers. Izzitgreen just launched and needs everyone's help filling its listings with good and green knowledge.

update from the urban farm

The end of May is here and my garden is thriving. I have countless variates of edible plants growing, many of which I acquired for free! My vegetable garden is producing enough salad greens for salad every night. The beets should be ready to harvest soon and the sugar snap peas are very tall. I bought Luke a blueberry bush the other day and planted it in a large pot. For the first year, those blueberries will be the most expensive blueberries we ever ate- but it is an investment in fruit. Here are some pictures of life on the farm:

my farm in brighton

Yesterday was sunny and not too cold, so I went for a stroll through the hood when my clothes were at the LMAT. I live on the outskirts of Boston, but still definitely the city. To my surprise I stumbled across this picturesque Greek Revival style farmhouse and barn. I'm obsessed with having my own farm in the city so this place has now become my dream property. I'm using all my brainwaves to lure it into my future....someday this will be my home:

sprouts

A miniature field of herbs and veggies has sprouted under the lights in my kitchen. We had a scare when I forgot to water the babies one day. They all shriveled up and looked so sad, but they revived. The arugula and lettuce also sprouted out on the porch, which really brought a smile to my face because I had my doubts. The spinach in the raised garden bed I planted a few weeks ago now has not sprouted. I guess I was too anxious to get some food growing. The peas planted around St. Patty's day have not pushed through the dirt, but I still have hope for them.

that's fresh!

I'm marrying an Italian boy.   I made fresh homemade vegan tagliatelle for the first time tonight.  He ate 2 helpings.  Big success! 

garden astrology

Gardening by the moon is a method of starting seeds based on the phases of the moon.  As the moon grows full, plant seeds that grow up and out of the soil.  Today the lunar calender reveals we are about a week away from the full moon, so I planted a few rows of cold hardy sugar snap peas.  If all goes according to plan, I'll be eating fresh peas by mid May.  In another moon related story, I saw this billboard....is it real?  Has the advertising world really sold its soul?

Root vegetables that grow down into the earth follow the opposite schedule.  I was looking forward to planting some early carrots, but it seems I should wait till the beginning of April for the dark of the moon.  

On my porch I started arugula and mixed lettuce.  The greens need to be harvested before our other herbs are ready to move outside because I pretty much stole Luke's real estate.  He is in charge of the herbs.  

Some of the seeds we started last week are peeking through the soil!  I've read that seedlings actually need to be "pet" so they grow strong stems.  I hope someone stops by to find me petting my seedlings!