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Flower Power Farm 
Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 23:08:07 PM PST
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This week, I had an inspiration. I spoke to Stacey of BK Farmyards in Brooklyn, NY. They run a CSA program out of people's backyards in New York City. What a great idea! If she can do it, why not me? So I sent out an email asking for a guinea pig. Who would offer up their yard for me to farm it? The homeowner would pay a price like a real CSA, except it would be less expensive because they were donating the land. A woman responded and I met with her Wednesday. Then a few friends responded that they had a similar idea to start a CSA program out of backyards, and perhaps we could work together. Awesome! Maybe I can turn Flower Power Farm into a reality! So here's what happened...
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Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 14:55:41 PM PST
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Last week, my boyfriend told me it was going to rain all this week. We would have a torrential downpour. I decided to put off any more work in the garden (aside from weeding) until after the rain. Besides, I was going to Phoenix from Sunday until Wednesday. With luck the rain would be done before I got home. Then I could get back into the garden. And boy was I excited to do so! I've got all kinds of seeds ready to plant - sunflowers, marigolds, several types of lettuce, spinach, chard, arugula (for my boyfriend - I HATE arugula!!!!!), and more. Plus I've got my new dragonfruit cacti AND now that I've been gardening for a month I'm starting to uncover what I've done wrong and I'd like to right it.
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Wed Jan 13, 2010 at 16:53:56 PM PST
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This week at Flower Power "Farm" (our garden), we planted scallions and garlic... and we saw our first nasturtiums and broccoli sprout. Or at least, I think that's what they are. I am not entirely sure. Certainly some of the veteran gardeners on this site can let me know. We also started a few new charts to graph the growth of our sugarsnap peas. One is a little more complex (which our older daughter will understand). The other is more simple so our little one can understand it.
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Thu Jan 07, 2010 at 22:00:25 PM PST
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Allow me to introduce you to the newest member of Flower Power "Farm" (our family's garden):
It's purple cabbage! And visions of sauerkraut are dancing in my head!
Here's our updated graph of how long it has taken each plant to germinate:
A complete photo tour of our garden is below.
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