November 2024

1. 16: November Plot
2. 13: Overwintering Dahlias
3. 12: Last Swiss Chard
4. 11: Planting Spring Bulbs
5. 08: Fall Clean-up and Planting Garlic
6. 08: November Harvest
7. 05: Roasted Green Tomato Salsa
8. 04: Back Porch Semi-Cleanup
9. 03: Fall Still Life
10. 03: Fall Work Day

October 2024

1. 30: Pickled Green Tomatoes
2. 28: Fall Mini-Bouquet Perfection
3. 27: Late October Plot
4. 27: Late October Harvest
5. 27: Ginger
6. 21: October Flowers

September 2024

1. 24: September
2. 15: Thai Hot Sauce
3. 11: More Fall Sowing
4. 09: Porch Update
5. 09: (More) Thai Basil Pesto
6. 03: Early September Harvest

August 2024

1. 25: Fall Squash and Fall Sowing
2. 25: Today’s Harvest
3. 16: August Garden Plot
4. 14: August Tomatoes
5. 13: Mid-August
6. 11: Sowing for Fall Harvest
7. 06: First Green Zebra Tomatoes!
8. 05: Zucchini
9. 03: Zinnias
10. 02: Today’s Harvest
11. 02: Thai Basil Pesto

July 2024

1. 28: July Porch Update
2. 28: Hardneck Garlic
3. 22: First Tomatoes
4. 20: Garlic Braid
5. 19: July Update
6. 15: July Flowers
7. 11: Herbs and Flowers
8. 07: Garlic Harvest 2024
9. 07: First Zucchini
10. 04: First Mini-Bouquet
11. 02: Garden Plot Clean-Up

June 2024

1. 30: Communal Garden Bed Progress
2. 28: Red Currants
3. 22: Midsummer Plot
4. 20: First Day of Summer
5. 20: June Harvests

May 2024

1. 31: Sowing, Staking and First Harvests
2. 27: Planting the Outside Bed
3. 27: Planting My Plot
4. 18: Front Porch Preparation
5. 14: Mid-May Back Porch
6. 03: Spring Preparation

April 2024

1. 29: Re-Potting Zinnias and Kale
2. 22: Re-Potting
3. 20: Thinning Swiss Chard

March 2024

1. 28: First Fails of the Season
2. 26: Last Squash
3. 17: Garden Plot 2024
4. 17: Mid-March in the Garden Plot
5. 11: Seedlings

February 2024

1. 25: New Seeds
2. 16: An Overnight Dusting
3. 12: Company

January 2024

1. 31: New Beginnings
2. 20: January
3. 17: Planning

December 2023

1. 30: 2023 in Review

November 2023

1. 18: Hay There!
2. 08: Getting Ready for Winter
3. 04: Planting Garlic and Shallots
4. 04: Back Porch Clean-Up

October 2023

1. 31: Winter Squash
2. 31: Fall Sandwiches with Fresh and Pickled Garden Vegetables
3. 16: Fall Mini-Bouquet
4. 16: October
5. 14: Lemongrass
6. 12: Pickled Green Tomatoes
7. 01: Fall

September 2023

1. 16: Basil “Pesto”

August 2023

1. 30: Striped German
2. 23: Tomato Season
3. 13: Today’s Harvest
4. 05: First Tomato Harvest

July 2023

1. 31: Evening Porch
2. 30: Processing the 2023 Garlic
3. 30: Today’s Harvest
4. 28: Today’s Harvest
5. 22: Refrigerator Pickles
6. 20: Mid-July Harvest
7. 20: Night and Day
8. 19: Zucchini
9. 14: This Year’s Plot Plan
10. 14: Porch Update
11. 12: Preserving Parsley, Italian Basil and Thai Basil
12. 12: First Eggplant and Planting Beans
13. 12: Garlic Harvest 2023
14. 05: Red Currant Season
15. 01: First of July

June 2023

1. 22: Pea Season
2. 20: Cilantro
3. 18: Garlic Scape Pesto
4. 17: Lemongrass
5. 14: Shades of Green
6. 12: June Colors
7. 06: Fully Planted

May 2023

1. 31: Tomatoes Are in the Ground
2. 07: First Transplants
3. 03: Seedlings Inventory and Starting Cucumbers & Squash

April 2023

1. 20: Seedlings Update

March 2023

1. 30: Early Spring Plantings
2. 26: Porch Radishes and Lettuce Starts
3. 18: News from the Garden Plot
4. 11: Sowing Tomatoes
5. 03: More Sowing

February 2023

1. 19: Leek Babies
2. 19: Eggplants and Hot Peppers
3. 12: Beginning of the Season

December 2022

1. 31: 2022 in Review

November 2022

1. 18: Ready for Winter
2. 12: November Harvest
3. 12: November Clean-Up
4. 10: Pickled Green Tomatoes
5. 06: Planting Garlic
6. 06: Last Tomatoes
7. 05: Warm November
8. 02: October Harvests

October 2022

1. 24: Back Porch Cleanup and Tulip Planting

September 2022

1. 28: Simple Fall Decor
2. 28: Glass Gem Corn
3. 26: Late September Harvest
4. 26: Oh Rats …
5. 20: Anticipation
6. 14: Green Beans and Flowers
7. 05: Late Summer Flowers
8. 03: Early September

August 2022

1. 23: Tomato Rainbow
2. 20: Today’s Harvest
3. 20: More Slow-Roasted Tomatoes and Basil Pesto
4. 17: Garden Plot in Mid-August
5. 16: Ananas Noire
6. 15: Today’s Harvest
7. 13: Tomatoes
8. 11: Preserving
9. 11: Garlic 2022
10. 07: Summer Sowing for Fall Harvest
11. 06: Early August Cleanup

July 2022

1. 28: Late July Update
2. 23: First Micro Bouquet of the Summer
3. 22: Thai Basil Pesto
4. 21: “Garden” Salad
5. 19: First Tomatoes
6. 15: Pesto Time
7. 12: Garlic Harvest

June 2022

1. 26: Red Currant Jam
2. 14: June Lunch
3. 14: Porch Update Early June
4. 14: Peas and Scapes
5. 05: Planting Flowers and Corn

May 2022

1. 31: Garden Plot 2022
2. 31: Planting the Last Seedlings
3. 29: Planting Tomatoes
4. 18: When You Don’t Go to the Garden in Three Days …
5. 16: Seedlings
6. 16: Porch Arugula
7. 06: Spring

April 2022

1. 25: Spring Planting and First Harvest
2. 23: Repotting
3. 08: Early April Seedlings
4. 08: First Direct Sowing
5. 07: Porch Dreams
6. 04: Reseeding Tomatoes

March 2022

1. 28: Garden Plot in Early Spring
2. 24: Starting Tomatoes
3. 20: Reseeding
4. 06: Start of the Season

February 2022

1. 23: The Garden Still Feeds Us Through the Winter

January 2022

1. 28: Eating from the Garden in January – Part Two
2. 16: Eating from the Garden in January

December 2021

1. 31: 2021 in Review

November 2021

1. 25: Finishing up the Fall Cleanup
2. 07: Planting Garlic
3. 03: Winter Squash

October 2021

1. 21: October Garden
2. 19: More Glass Gem Corn
3. 16: Thai Hot Sauce
4. 05: Glass Gem Corn
5. 05: October Harvest

September 2021

1. 27: Early Fall Garden
2. 07: Porch Update

August 2021

1. 28: Late August Harvest
2. 17: This Year’s Garlic
3. 15: Fall Planting
4. 13: Preserving – Thai Basil Pesto, Oven-Dried Tomatoes and Pickles
5. 08: More tomatoes …
6. 06: Today’s Harvest
7. 06: Tomatoes

July 2021

1. 31: First “Real” Tomatoes
2. 31: Late July
3. 27: Flowers
4. 24: Mid-July
5. 21: Garlic 2021
6. 17: First Pickling Cucumber of the Season
7. 14: Rain, Rain, Rain
8. 05: Peas and Carrots

June 2021

1. 22: Garlic Scape Pesto
2. 18: Weeding and Harvesting
3. 15: Spring Greens
4. 10: Firsts of the Season
5. 05: Porch Succession Planting
6. 03: Leeks
7. 03: Fully Planted

May 2021

1. 23: Glass Gem Corn
2. 21: May Harvest
3. 20: Planting Tomatoes and Dahlias
4. 18: Porch Planting
5. 16: Hardening off Seedlings
6. 16: Porch Harvest
7. 08: Early May Harvest
8. 08: Early May Planting
9. 05: Seedlings Update
10. 05: Porch Herbs

April 2021

1. 27: More Transplanting and Reseeding
2. 18: Transplanting
3. 16: April Snow
4. 15: Lettuce and More
5. 07: Early April
6. 04: Easter Sunday

March 2021

1. 27: First Direct Sowing
2. 24: Basil Seedlings
3. 21: More Sowing
4. 14: Seedlings
5. 10: Porch Happenings

February 2021

1. 28: And so it begins …
2. 14: Mid-February

January 2021

1. 30: Seeds
2. 03: Eating from the Garden in January

December 2020

1. 30: 2020 in Review
2. 14: Winter Greens
3. 06: December

November 2020

1. 06: Fall Cleanup and Planting Garlic

October 2020

1. 30: October Snow
2. 27: Last Big Harvest
3. 24: Mid-October
4. 20: Apple Picking
5. 18: Fall Harvest
6. 18: Other People’s Plots
7. 12: October 12
8. 09: October in the Garden
9. 07: Some Summer Dinners from the Garden – 2020
10. 06: Roasted Tomatoes
11. 04: October

September 2020

1. 28: Late September Harvest
2. 24: First Fall Harvests
3. 13: Yesterday’s Harvest
4. 08: September Colors
5. 06: Dahlia
6. 05: August Harvests

August 2020

1. 31: Fall Planting
2. 25: August Porch
3. 25: Late Summer
4. 22: Pickles
5. 19: Mid-August
6. 14: Braiding Garlic
7. 11: Squash Babies
8. 10: August Check-In
9. 06: Summery Green …

July 2020

1. 28: Perfect Imperfection
2. 25: Mid-July Harvest
3. 18: Garlic
4. 11: First Cucumber
5. 10: Summer
6. 07: July Mini Bouquet
7. 04: 4th of July
8. 02: Early July

June 2020

1. 25: June Harvest
2. 23: Lettuce
3. 13: Early June
4. 10: Overwintered Onions
5. 10: Early Summer Plantings
6. 03: Porch Harvest Time

May 2020

1. 31: Planting
2. 24: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
3. 11: Seedlings
4. 06: Breakfast
5. 01: Garden update

April 2020

1. 25: Re-potting
2. 18: Seedlings up close
3. 12: Porch Updates
4. 07: Seedlings

March 2020

1. 27: Last and First
2. 24: First Outdoor Sowing
3. 22: Adjusting to Coronavirus
4. 22: (Almost) blank canvas

December 2019

1. 30: 2019 Review

November 2019

1. 25: Fall Dinners
2. 11: Winterizing
3. 08: November
4. 02: End of the Season

October 2019

1. 29: Hay
2. 29: Squash
3. 26: Planting Bulbs
4. 21: Garden Work Day
5. 19: When to Harvest Butternut Squash
6. 15: Fall in the Garden
7. 09: Shallots
8. 02: Roasted Tomatoes
9. 01: October

September 2019

1. 29: Today’s Harvest
2. 25: End of September
3. 23: Back Porch in the Fall
4. 22: Vandalism
5. 19: Beans
6. 13: Second Harvest
7. 13: Today’s Harvest
8. 09: Early September

August 2019

1. 24: Late August
2. 22: Garlic 2019
3. 20: Bountiful August
4. 02: August Garden Plot
5. 02: Garden Dinner

July 2019

1. 29: Today’s Harvest
2. 26: Summer Plot
3. 26: Garlic Harvest
4. 24: Back Porch Update
5. 19: Squash and Beans
6. 17: Garlic Scape Pesto
7. 17: Mid-July
8. 14: Summer Gardening
9. 11: Firsts and Lasts
10. 03: Today’s Harvest

June 2019

1. 29: Midsummer Porch
2. 29: Garden Dinner
3. 25: More Dahlias
4. 22: Lettuce
5. 22: Spring Planting
6. 16: Porch Update
7. 15: Spring Greens
8. 11: Spinach Frittata
9. 10: Porch Arugula Fail
10. 07: Peas and Lettuce
11. 04: Today’s Harvest – Early June

May 2019

1. 25: Thinning Arugula
2. 24: (Trans)planting
3. 24: Today’s Harvest
4. 23: Porch Potatoes
5. 18: More Seedlings
6. 17: First Home-Grown Dinner
7. 11: Spring Garden Day
8. 11: First Harvest of the Year
9. 07: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

April 2019

1. 27: Late April
2. 20: Tomato Seedlings
3. 17: Backporch Tulips
4. 08: Seed Potatoes

March 2019

1. 31: Peas
2. 24: Today in the Garden
3. 16: Seed starting
4. 15: March
5. 09: Crop List 2019

February 2019

1. 02: Garden Plans

January 2019

1. 20: Gardening by Numbers
2. 13: Year in Review

December 2018

1. 22: December Harvest
2. 21: Wreath
3. 03: Advent

November 2018

1. 25: Last Garden Tomatoes
2. 22: Thanksgiving
3. 14: Potato Leek Soup
4. 11: Ready for Winter

October 2018

1. 24: Back Porch Mini-Bouquet
2. 22: Squash
3. 20: Planting Garlic
4. 17: Frost Warning
5. 05: City Natives October Harvest

September 2018

1. 30: Late September
2. 24: Fall is Here
3. 19: Mid-September
4. 19: What?!
5. 12: No More Cucumbers
6. 11: Late Summer Still-Life
7. 05: Basil
8. 03: Rainbow Harvest

August 2018

1. 30: Lunch
2. 28: Garden Beauty
3. 26: Tomatoes, Tomatoes
4. 24: Monster Cuke
5. 19: Potatoes
6. 15: Volunteering
7. 12: Four Days
8. 03: Another Week of Summer Harvests
9. 03: Tomatoes
10. 01: Cucumbers

July 2018

1. 30: Summer Green
2. 29: Cured
3. 23: Mid-July – a Week of Harvests
4. 19: First Micro-Bouquet of the Season
5. 19: First Cucumber of the Season
6. 17: Rainy Day
7. 15: Garlic Harvest
8. 13: Mid-Summer Harvest
9. 13: Garden Pizza

June 2018

1. 27: Stock-Taking
2. 21: Potato Flowers
3. 17: Hay
4. 09: Salad
5. 01: Garden Day

May 2018

1. 22: May plantings
2. 18: Mid-May Harvest
3. 18: Back Porch
4. 05: First Harvest
5. 04: Planting potatoes and back porch plans
6. 02: Seedlings

April 2018

1. 27: New Beginnings

January 2018

1. 28: Eating from the garden in the middle of winter

November 2017

1. 26: Leeks
2. 11: Dahlias
3. 09: First Night Frost
4. 05: Planting Garlic

October 2017

1. 29: Late October
2. 08: October Harvest

August 2017

1. 25: Volunteers
2. 20: Late August Mini Garden Bouquet
3. 14: Mid-August

July 2017

1. 30: Garlic
2. 29: Late July

June 2017

1. 23: Friday Harvest
2. 21: Rhubarb
3. 19: Peas
4. 01: Reds and Greens

May 2017

1. 25: May

April 2017

1. 08: Spring planting

November 2016

1. 17: Mid-November

September 2016

1. 11: Oh rats!
2. 06: Potatoes

August 2016

1. 27: Harvest

May 2016

1. 23: Spring

April 2016

1. 29: Planting
2. 04: April Snow

March 2016

1. 23: Soil
2. 18: March in Boston
3. 17: Seeds
4. 14: Beginnings