Ryan Santos Gets Dirty

i’m a week in, and with a rainy memorial day weekend, another dose of terracycle’s WORMPOOP, and i already have…

CORN!

CORN (close up) !

SHALLOTS!

and now an introduction to my herb garden. a few items (mint, rosemary, oregano, chives) are transplants from last year! they made it all winter with me indoors, the mint even survived outside!

chives w/ edible violet blossoms (top left), purple basil (top right), thyme (bottom)! mulched with organic mulch to help keep moisture in during a predicted dry summer.

sage (left), basil (top), hyssop (right), rosemary (bottom right), parsley (bottom left)!

stevia (top) mmmm!, cilantro (bottom right), oregano (left) GIANT!, horehound (not pictured)

lemongrass (top left), mint (top right), lemon mint / lemon balm (right), garlic chives (bottom), thai basil (left)!

and now for a garden update!

errrything’s gettin BIGGER!!!!!!!

dude don’t forget the extra yellow pepper and the TOMATILLOS!!!!!!

ok see ya in the DIRTZ,

L8Rz, THE AVANT GARDENER!!!!!!!

welcome to day 2 and my debut into the world of neo-crunchiness begins. i got all my transplants in the soil today. i will map things out a bit for you. the left side from the back has zuccini, followed by spaghetti squash, ambrosia melon, and then 3 rows of shallots.

next to that we have 3 rows of corn, peaches and cream variety.

then in front of those, is the tomato line, including heirloom mr. stripeys (red), heirloom green zebras, heirloom lemon boy (yellow), and when it arrives some heirloomwhite peach tomatoes.

then in the front most line are the peppers, heirloom red, yellow, a kung pao, and when they arrive an heirloom red buran, and an heirloom purple pepper.

in a side pot not pictured, there is another heirloom yellow pepper, and tomatillos!

i have chosen a great fertilizer, terracycle, which is as it exclaims, WORM POOP! but the worms are fed entirely garbage, plastic, paper, tons of crazy stuff, and they turn it into poop and then they liquify it! wild! also all terracycle products come in re-used soda bottles, and the sprayers on the ones that have them come from corporate spill-over. they’re trying to eliminate the concept of garbage completely and hey, i think that’s rad! you can get the products at any home depot i believe.

tomorrow i will include photographs of my herb garden which is much further along, including garlic chives which have their tasty purple blossoms right now. mmm!

hey now, watch me get dirty, as i attempt to take a former corner of my parents’ lawn into an organic garden over the course of the summer.

after a few hours of raking and tilling resulting in gumby-like rubber arms for the day, here we have it… my plot of dirtiness:

tomorrow… everything goes in (except the 3 transplants that haven’t arrived in the mail yet)!