10/31 Blog

Harvested my beets this week. I'm not completely certain what I'm going to make with them so I've thrown them in the freezer. I was honestly surprised at how big some of the weeds can grow when left at the edge of my beds unpulled.

I'm looking to harvest my squash soon, but they seem really small.

Blog, Week of 10/24/2014

My squash is growing well. I''ll be harvesting it next week by twisting it off as we learned in class. I believe my beans are also getting there. I'm really interested in seeing what I can do with them. I plan on making Spaghetti Squash with the help of a classmate.

Week of 10/13

Weeding continues to be the bane of my existence. I've thoroughly weeded all four of my beds again this week when I went in to my garden on Wednesday.

As learned in my class, the weeds will take the nutrients from the plants that I'm growing. My bean plants are doing pretty well. We'll see.

Blog #3 (Week 4)

I got to my garden today and realized that bar none, one of the hardest parts about maintaining a garden is the weeding. I spent over an hour weeding my four beds. A few plants have started to sprout, so that's pretty awesome. 

I learned that the sprinklers that UF use aren't ideal because they often lead to spread of disease, so I'm fingers crossed hoping that I don't run into any issues because of it. I learned that the elevation (or lack thereof) in Florida provides a consistent growing area across the state and the humidity that we all hate helps provide moisture to the plants.

Gardening #2 (Week 3)

Something came up Monday, my usual class day, so I ended up showing up to the Tuesday class to go to work on my garden!

I had built up my bed last week, so I went to work on weeding. There are so many weeds! I'm glad that if I get it done now, it will help me later. I can't let it get out of control.

I've planted the majority of my crops, not counting transplants. It's interesting how transplants let you plant in the off-season, extending the growing season as well as reducing the amount of time to grow. 

I wasn't able to take a picture today cause of the short time and rain threat.

Gardening #1 (Week 2)

My first foray into vegetable gardening was this Monday. Hoeing and shoveling the dirt for over an hour was a new experience in hard labor. I haven't planted my seeds yet, but with over 10 different vegetables and plants, I'm pretty excited to see the results of my labor in a few months.