(Back half of the back yard from my bedroom window.
Yes, we have a backyard in SF. Yes it is enormous for a city lot.
25' across. I'm not sure how deep - maybe 80'?)
I spent MANY hours readying my garden yesterday. Mind you, I didn't plan on spending many hours; I planned on spending 2 max to ready and plant some kale and mustard greens. But, then J took M on a bike ride to the bike shop to fix his bent rim from a minor accident where he was rear ended. I thought "oh, nice quiet hours; I'll get to go upstairs and do some work."
Only, I didn't. I found the back stairs door bolted from the inside. I didn't have keys on me to let myself out of the garage and through the front door. Oh well, I thought. I'll just prep my pea and lettuce bed and then they will be back.
Except they weren't. They decided to go on a long bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. So, I kept weeding, weeding, and weeding. I finally helped myself to J's Pepsi stash when it became clear they went on a bike ride. The biggest bummer was my peas were upstairs.
HOURS (like at 5!) later, my pea bed and more was prepped, only the peas were upstairs. Finally, I hear a little boy saying "DO. NOT. ENTER." over and over again (apparently the GG Park windmill garden is so water slogged that you can't ride your bike up to it - this is a big deal to M). Everyone was famished, so I sent the boys out to gather some chinese while I planted those peas!
For my own record keeping sake, I've planted the following
- Leeks (American Flag, BI brand) - Jan 7th
- Onions (Red Amposta, BI brand) - Jan 7th
- White Lisbon bunching onions (BI) - Jan 7th
- Dwarf Blue Curled Kale (BI)
- Bright Lights Swiss Chard (BI)
- Green Arrow Peas (BI)
- Southern Giant Curled Mustard greens (BI)
- Wild Arugula - Rocket Salad Roquette (BI)
- "Sassy Salad" Mesclun mix (BI)
In my shopping cart as we speak.... several fava beans (only bean that stands a chance of growing in our fog summers), another pea, several carrots, broccoli, pac choi, radishes and spinach.
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