http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com adventures in an urban garden Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:01:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have various markers for the changing of the seasons.  Some of them are about me - the first day in summer I wear sandals; the first day of autumn I wear a winter coat - and some are about the world around me:  the first day for corn or ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/even-the-weeds-are-wilting/ For those of you that are newer to the blog or found this page through a search engine, let me refresh you:  This spring I switched from a hand-aerated composter (an Earth Machine, which my town sells at a discount to residents) to a rotating kind (a Jora composter).  In ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/composter-update/ I was pulling weeds this weekend in the back garden (always much weedier than the front due to not yet being planted nearly as thickly) when I noticed something that did not, in fact, actually look like a weed.  I crawled over and peered down at it in disbelief.  It ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/unexpected-survivors/ So typical of gardeners, today I went to the nursery, ideas in my mind of new plants to add to the improvements I just made with yesterday's plantings, and curious as to what was there in the week since I'd last stopped in (and just looked, not bought) - and ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/plants-go-in-new-plants-come/ I finally got to garden again today. I moved: Rosemary 'Arp' again - it wasn't getting enough sun in its second spot either One of the sunflowers I got at the farmers' market - it also wasn't getting enough sun in its spot and wasn't growing nearly as fast as the others I ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/gardening-again-at-last/ Started on 8 July 3-H (Hazy Hot Humid) weather has returned.  Temperatures are in the low 90s F today in my area of metro Boston with heat indices around 100 F.  Walking outside from A/C is like slamming into a brick wall.  I've watered the smallest pots three times and still ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/3-h-weather-returns-more-photos/ Cuban oregano (large plant on left) with culantro (below) and Aztec sweet herb (winding around on top/right) In this shot are three herbs I've never grown before.  I've talked about Aztec sweet herb in another entry.  Cuban oregano (also known as Spanish thyme) is a very popular Latin American plant, so ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/herbs-and-veggies/ Sundrops bloom I know this plant as Sundrops (mine is the species Oenothera fruticosa, native to the Eastern and Midwestern US), but when I was on a local garden tour last weekend I saw a very similar one and asked, "Is that Sundrops?" and got the response, "It's Evening Primrose."  (Just ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/lately/ We sure aren't having last summer's dryness.  It is thunderstorming and absolutely pouring yet again as I type this. http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/another-day-another-thunderstorm/ I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to post any of the promised photos.  My computer and my camera have been having abrupt issues communicating and I've only been able to upload some of the photos so far.  Here are a random selection of a few of the uploaded ... http://beeinthecity.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/some-recent-photos/