Becoming A Gardener

The Garlic Has Sprouted

Remember the garlic I planted a few weeks ago?

First Frost 2021

I woke up this morning to frost on the ground! It’s officially our first frost: November 21, 2021.

Update on the Chervil

Remember the chervil I planted a week or so ago (10 days ago to be exact) to use in a soup recipe?

Hmmm….not looking good. But upon closer inspection……

I’m starting to plan next year’s garden! How exciting!! I love the planning process almost as much as the planting and harvesting parts of gardening. I’m still working out the infrastructure of the garden, and I don’t even know if I’ll stay in this garden space for another full year, so I’m still keeping my plans pretty modest.

Fungus Friday: Laccaria laccata “The Deceiver”

This might be one of the last Foliage Friday posts for 2021. The sun sets before 5, and very little gardening is happening these days. I don’t think I’m going to be posting as often on my usual schedule (Sun|Mon|Tue|Thu|Fri) for the rest of November and December, but I do intend to pick things back up at my usual rate in January when I start sowing seeds and the days start getting longer.

But I have a mushroom to share today – and you may recognize this one from your own yard.

A Late Fall Garden Harvest

The garden-fresh produce is rapidly dwindling. But I can still eke out a good pile of leafy greens.

This is a mixed bowl of mustard greens, spinach-mustard, kale, and arugula.

Starting Chervil Indoors

I have one more recipe left in my Veganomicon cookbook – I’ve made every other recipe (that’s over 250 recipes). The last recipe is a Porcini Wild Rice Soup, and it calls for chervil. I grew chervil this summer, but it’s a cool weather crop and it bolted pretty quickly, so I didn’t even get to try any. (I did save its seeds, though, so it wasn’t a total loss).

Garden Log 2021: Week 28

I took the cover off the fall crops so it could get some water from the rain – we still haven’t had our first frost, and there are no frosts in the forecast.

Avocado Pest: Cottony Cushion Scale

Last weekend, I took big the avocado tree out to the porch to give it a thorough watering. Its tips are turning brown and I’m worried its due to a build up of salt in the pot from too small waterings. Nate noticed some little white fuzzy things on some of the branches….

Fungus Friday: Wine Cap Mushroom Perhaps? Or not.

This mushroom is growing in our yard.

It’s quite large and reminds me of a portobello mushroom – but I didn’t eat it!