Patio Veggie Patch

Thought I would share an update on the patio veggie patch.  Salad is on the way!

Container Gardening

We'll be doing a lot of container gardening this year, because we don't have much time.  Here we have lettuce coming up in self watering containers.

Greens

Well, in my attempt to grow a nice garden of greens, I overplanted. I was determined that SOMETHING was going to make it. It's lush. I keep it covered with row covers to protect the plants from the cabbage moths. You'll also notice the obligatory "beer traps" to keep the slug population down.

Lettuce Update

Just wanted to show you an update of the lettuce planting from a few weeks ago. I think we've made it to microgreen size. They've been living in a sunny window, although we haven't had consistent sunshine - a lot of cloudy weather. I think they've fared nicely!

Indoor Winter Gardening

Well, it's hard to do much gardening under 3' of snow. But, here's what is going on!

Project 1 - Finally sprouting mung beans! I can't wait to use these in stir fry. They're not ready yet, though.

Project 2 - Lettuce seed - they sprouted in one day! Amazing! Humidity really helps.

Project 3 - Taking a nod from the article on green beans in the latest Urban Farm magazine, I decided to try to grow some bush beans in a south facing window. So far so good, as long as the cat doesn't find them!