as seed orders roll in and we invite workshares into the greenhouse for the first seeding days, I think about what inspires me to grow ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐พ๐ฑโฃ
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certainly there are the seed catalogs, but I also turn to my cookbook shelves for inspiration. like reverse-engineered crop plans, I often think about the harvest and use first - for myself and others. what better way to channel enthusiasm into the labor of love that is gardening than dreaming of what you might cook and eat ๐๐ฝ๏ธโฃ
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so every winter I page thorough the well-worn stained pages of my go-to cookbooks, as well as the pristine pages of the more aspirational ones. either way, they play a large part in inspiring the season and canโt wait to dive in to 2025 โจ
itโs go time! ๐ with forecasted temps not dipping below 50-ish deg through the first week of May, weโre ramping up plantings ๐ฑโฃ
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while we are still largely planting cool/frost tolerant crops, this weekend weโre setting out our first annual flowers ๐ธโฃ
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๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅs (๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ค๐๐จ, ๐๐๐จ๐๐ก, ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ & ๐๐ช๐ ๐) ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐จ - ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐โฃ
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but weโre excited to start putting the first of our (hundreds upon hundreds of) annual flowers in the ground, and to see the Farm landscape come alive with color ๐๐
a third generation sustainable family farmette in the south hills of pittsburgh, pa
