Johnson on the Hill

10/12/2012

Hello all! If you are in or near Yorktown tonight please come by and help plant garlic and prepare beds for 2013 after 5:35pm with food, and fun following inside after dark. I will be making my famed chai and apple crisp, et al.

07/24/2011

Summer is in full swing and HOT! Summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, lettuce, beets, kale, herbs, flowers and the first few grape, sun gold and black krim tomatoes are ready to eat :)!

Our first winter squashes and melons are appearing :) :) :)

The bunnies continue to eat, most notably the peas and beans which no longer exist in the garden. We will need to get chicken wire as they seem to chew through everything else. But, all in all the damage is not awful so I'm glad to help the bunnies out with a free meal.

06/26/2011

Bunny update:
Bunnies eat everything! I was surprised they liked rose greens and that they chomped my june berry starter as well as seedlings form Arbor Day Foundation.

This past week I found myself in the garden with big, fat rabbits and was surprised they too could dive through the netting. And appeared to have chewed a large hole in one section.

Our fence was reinforced today with more netting at the bottom.

06/24/2011

This Saturday come over to eat cabbage and make Kimchi! The Chinese-style open head cabbage we grew is both robust and ready to be consumed or otherwise utilized! YUM, YUM, YUM! Any time after 12. I'll have the supplies for Kimchi, mason jars for containment and work to do in the garden if you are so inclined.

First Borage bloom and Broccoli harvest today!

06/14/2011

HAHA! Earlier I in the garden weeding around the perennials and herbs. When I turned to go in, I saw a little bunny chilling in the garden. I thought that my friend had entered through the door which I leave open. I stood up. Bunny munched on a leaf of a sunflower. I walked closer. The bunny ran halfheartedly a few feet then hopped THROUGH the net which comprises half of the garden's fencing(~1.5' holes)! Amazing!

06/14/2011

06/14/2011

Yesterday we had a garlic mustard fest! We harvested it and made quiche. This fest will be earlier next year, the harvest was a little bitter. We also wanted to make a horseradish-like sauce but the taproot was too woody - the food processor was no match!

Harvested from garden: peas, salad greens, garlic scapes, herbs!

Today 4 more strawberry plants were added, YAY! Bought at Cortlandt Farm Market on route 202!

06/14/2011

06/03/2011

06/03/2011

Lifebridge Sanctuary kicked off their semi-annual work week with a permaculture workshop lead by Ethan and Dyami of AppleSeed Permaculture (http://appleseedpermaculture.com/) The day initiated a 20 year permaculture plan for Lifebridge! Before lunch, five trees were planted with poly-cultures of perennial herbs transplanted from the existing vegetable/herb garden. After lunch we built a water level and A-frame then proceeded to mark contor lines in the forest. Using fallen wood we then created terraces along the contor lines to keep runoff and organic matter in the forest.
It was a lovely, informative day in the company of great people.

05/17/2011

04/08/2011

Today much planning and planting took place. A chart detailing last year's planting locations, and then an outline for this year based on principles of crop rotation and companion planting was created. The following seeds were sown into the soil: 4 varieties of peas, spinach, kale, 3 varieties of beets, carrots, broccoli and a flower mixture. The following were transplanted: spinach, broccoli, garden of Eden beans and dragon's tongue beans. The following seed were started indoors: delicata squash, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, watermelon, cantaloupe and cucumbers.