by Noel | Apr 25, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
Here’s me, yesterday, atop a bed, planting peas. We had a nice little break in the rainy weather, so I took the opportunity to get my peas seeded. I’m using a large piece of plywood to kneel on. The plywood disperses my weight and allows me to get right on top of the bed. It makes the work much easier that trying to reach in from the sides to set the peas in place. The bed has just over 36″ of flat planting width across the top. I’m...
by Judy | Apr 20, 2011 | CobraHead, Recipes
What can I say…. we still have sweet potatoes from last year’s harvest so it was an experiment waiting to happen. It was Geoff’s idea. He’s been wanting to learn how to make pierogi. There are lots of traditional fillings that can be used but he thought it appropriate for our CobraHead blog post that we fill them with sweet potatoes. I admit that I haven’t made pierogi in years. The first time I ever had them was back in Detroit (just before we were married) when...
by Geoff | Apr 19, 2011 | Gardening
Over the last few years I’ve been developing a pomegranate border along the north side of my vegetable garden. So far I have planted four pomegranate trees spaced tightly at 4-5 feet apart and plan on extending the border with another two to three trees. The initial plant that I put in three years ago is now about ten feet tall, with the second one already up to six feet. Unless pruned to take on a tree form, pomegranates grow more like a large shrub, putting...
by Noel | Apr 18, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
Here’s a picture of my garden beds that I took this afternoon. Had I taken it early in the morning there would have been a light layer of snow over the whole area. April has been most cruel, so far. Cold and rain are the norm and it is not expected to be any nicer in the week ahead, in fact it will probably be worse. In most years I could be planting already. April 15th is the recommended date in this area for seeding peas, a lot of root crops, salad...
by Noel | Apr 6, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
It’s been a slow start getting the beds ready for spring planting because of the frequent rain. It’s not raining right now, but everything is wet and muddy. I did manage to get a brand new bed shaped up for planting last weekend. Its only 12 feet long versus the 21 feet of most of my beds. I made it in my compost area and I have another bed the same size about half shaped up right next to this one which I’ll finish off as soon as the ground is...
