Spring Garden Street

That ' s actually the name of a street in Philadelphia where my paternal ancestors lived, but it seemed like a good title for this post. If I still had the energy to keep up the Windham County blog I would have put it there, but for now I ' ll just leave it here.Living in the temperate zone we do have to get through the winter, but our reward is spring, which you can ' t have otherwise. I got a load of horseshit from my neighbors last fall and now I ' m starting to spread it around. I planted a Concord grape next to my front porch, with a decent scoop of manure in the hole, and my idea is that it will grow up the column and across the beam on the south side, and I ' ll be plucking grapes for my servants to peel -- well, okay, no servants -- in the summer and fall. The kitchen garden already has parsley, oregano, and mint, which are perennials, and I ' ll be planting basil and other herbs soon. There ' s a peach tree next to the new grape vine as well. I ' ve also started spading the garden. The garlic is already going strong and I have some voluntary spinach. I ' m going to plant onion sets, carrots and potatoes in the next couple of days, then get started on tenderer crops in the next couple of weeks. Even if you ' re an apartment dweller, if you have a balcony, you can grow quite a lot of good stuff in containers. If you have even a postage stamp of a lawn you might be surprised how much you can grow in a small space.  It ' s good for the soul, and what ' s g...
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