Day 9: The Roommates were pleased

Today, in class, we continued our harvest of all of the crops we have planted thus far. I was very pleased to see that more collared green leaves, a very sizable eggplant, some tomatoes and bean sprouts were all ready to be harvested.

Here is my plot as of 11/17/15:

Under Carlos's direction, I harvested these crops and started thinking about all the great recipes I could incorporate these tasty veggies into. The crops just after their harvesting can be seen below.



                                           


I brought my harvest home for the roommates and they were pleased to say the least. After cooking up some fried vegetables with the pasta we had that night, we couldn't help notice the significant difference between fresh picked vegetables taste versus non-fresh.

After this, we headed into the class to learn about some more vegetable knowledge with Carlos.
We learned some very knowledgeable things and then parted our separate ways until after turkey day.

Well that's about all the time I have for today.

As always, Stay golden,
Mitch

Day 8: The Bounty Begins

Today, in class, I had about 2 weeks worth of weeds to pull and some basic garden maintenance  to do before I could evaluate any of the plants for harvesting.

Here is my plot as it looks today. I am very pleased with the progress that has been made over the past few weeks.

After about 30 minutes of weeding and watering, I started to examine some of my plants and, to my surprise, many were ready for some harvesting.

This eggplant, perhaps my biggest crop made so far, is almost ready to be harvested. Hopefully next week it will be ready to take home.

Then, as a class, we started to harvest some of the crops we have been taking care of for so long. It was nice to see some real reward out of the hard work we have been putting in week after week. My harvest specifically consisted of some collared greens, a tomato and a few radishes. I plan to prepare and eat them very soon and see the deliciousness that are fresh, home-grown vegetables at work.

These are pictures of the bountiful feast which I took home from class on tuesday:

 

Overall, I have many plants on the cusp of being harvested and this excites me greatly. I look forward to the day where I can harvest all of my tomatoes and bring them home to my roommates to show them I am not a failure at gardening like they think i am.

Well that's about all the time I have for today.

As always, Stay golden,
Mitch

Day 7: Feeling a little ill

This week, during class, I, unfortunately, was feeling very ill and also, to my own dismay, had a business finance test that night and could not attend class. I contacted Carlos, my teacher, and told him of this predicament and decided to check on my plot later on in the week.

I stopped by the plot to see everything was essentially in order and did a little bit of weeding in order to further facilitate my garden's quest to be truly a bountiful one.

I noticed all my plants were sprouting but it was a little too dark to update this weeks progress with pictures. There will be more pictures and descriptions of the activities we do coming up this Tuesday after class.

Well, that's about all the time we have today,

As always, Stay Golden,
Mitch