My Chicago Garden

Over on May Dreams Gardens there was a post asking what was blooming in the garden.  So here’s my list.

Besides the ones shown below I have squash, lettuce (mix), carrots, cabbage, chives, basil, oregano, and corn.

Sunflower (Discovery Mix)	Zennia, or is it Aster?!? I can’t remember what I planted here!
Nasturtium (Whirlybird Mix)	Cucumber (Sweet Marketmore)
Tomatoes (Cherry and Costaluto Genovese)	Borage

The family and I visited a worm farm, actually it’s a purpose built garage behind a house in the middle of a sub division. But the owner can produce 80 tons of worm castings a year and hundreds of thousands of worms.  If you have visited a local Ace Hardware store in the last few months you may have seen his video playing or seen a bag of Natures Way organic worm fertilizer for sale. That’s him. But first a quick update on the garden. 

Wow!  it’s only June and I have corn that is 5 feet tall.  Everything is growing like gang busters.  The most surprising has been the Borage. 

I didn’t realize just how big it was going to get and it has taken over the center of one of my 4 ft by 8 ft raised beds.  The leaves are gigantic, but the flowers are an exquisite shade of blue. More about the garden in the next episode.

[...Interview ... ]

If you want more information about Natures Way Organics you can visit www.natureswayorganics.com or the MyChicagoGarden website. They even offer a free 1 pound sample. I highly recommend their product and use it in my garden. Oh..I should mention MyChicagoGarden doesn’t have sponsors, so that statement has no money behind it.

 

 Standard Podcast [8:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download