Compost, Manure and Netting, getting the Garden Beds Ready!

Pulling the compost out of my Composter

Lettuce Bed is ready to go!

Large Garden Bed with Bag of Manure.  Also I’ve already overturned the Winter Rye I had planted in the Fall

Garden Bed by the side of the house is ready to go.  Notice that I have already pruned the Concord Grape Vine

Another view of the side garden bed next to the house

April 8, 2011, first sign of spring in my garden

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Winter salad in garden and on the table

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Herb Garden - April & October 2010

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Images of my side garden bed from March 2010

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Winter Rye

Now that the garden bed is clear, I've planted winter rye which is considered "green manure.". In the spring I will turn this over and mix in with the soil. This will release nitrogen into the soil.
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Clean up of the 2010 garden bed

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Last look at tomatoes from 2010 garden

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Tomato Paella on the Grill!

The big ones are in

My aussie tomatoes are in & they are huge. The one in my hand is close to 2 lbs.
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San Marzano tomatoes after being oven roasted

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San Marzano Tomatoes before being oven roasted

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Cannellini beans with fresh tomatoes from the garden

Fresh cannellini beans fried with onions & prosciutto, then finished with fresh tomatoes from the garden
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Gemma picking cherry tomatoes

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Gemma picking cherry tomatoes

The cherry tomatoes are so prolific as always. Here my daughter Gemma is helping pick them.
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Crews work to eradicate stinging fire ants from Cambridge - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Cambridge Chronicle

The Cambridge Chronicle writes about the status of the fire ants in my backyard.  Check it out!

Crews work to eradicate stinging fire ants from Cambridge - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Cambridge Chronicle

Lunch- Tomato Salad

Simple...Cherokee Purple, Aunt Ginny Purple, New big dwarf, Moskvich & Cucumbers. Salt & Olive Oil.
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Penne with cherry tomatoes, zucchini & onions

Dinner from my garden. Simple dish. For reference get Biba Caggiano's cook book "Italy al Dente"
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Toni's Garden in Wareham

Great little garden on the shore.
A lot of chard, tomatoes, squash,lettuce,ect...
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Cherry tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes from garden
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