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Plant sale Saturday, 11am-2pm!!! 🌱🍅🫑🌶️3111 52nd St, Des Moines We have tomatoes galore and a good amount of peppers. Plu...
05/05/2023

Plant sale Saturday, 11am-2pm!!! 🌱🍅🫑🌶️
3111 52nd St, Des Moines

We have tomatoes galore and a good amount of peppers. Plus a few herbs, kale, brussels sprouts and house plants.

Heirloom varieties, rare varieties, and chemical-free.

Here's the plant list:

Tomatoes:
Two-Tone Cherry
Blue Berries
Beauty
Peach Cobbler Cherry
Russian Anna Banana
Zebras
Airyleaf
Favorite
Purple Nagual
Large Red Cherry
Crimson Cushion Beefsteak
Basic Beefsteak
Isis Candy Cherry
Classic Beefsteak
Blondkopfchen
Black Ethiopian
Starburst Nebula
Gold Medal
Matthew's Cherry
All Welcome
Black Cherry
Atomic Grape
Black Krim
Pink Brandywine
Green Doctors

Peppers:
Big Jamaican Red Hot
Jamaican Orange Hot
Chiltepin
Hot Banana Pepper
Mild Banana Pepper
Serrano
Jalapeno
King of the North
Mixed Bell

Herbs:
Parsley
Chives

Misc.
KCK Green Eggplant
Purple Tomatillo
Brussel Sprouts
Kale
Swiss Chard

Some new additions to Roots! I finally cleaned, organized a decorated my garden room. I love it and Freud loves it too.L...
08/04/2023

Some new additions to Roots! I finally cleaned, organized a decorated my garden room. I love it and Freud loves it too.

Lee got these rolling racks for me to take my plants in and out of the garage easily. This is going to extend my planting season by a couple weeks!

Also, it's Freud's 15th birthday and he's spending it outside in the garden all day.

27/03/2023

My 😸 found his catnip. He plays rough on catnip. Lol

22/08/2021

I ❤️ my 🐝🐝🐝.

Ratatouille and roasted artichokes. All from the garden!
02/08/2021

Ratatouille and roasted artichokes. All from the garden!

Today's harvest is an exciting one. First watermelon!!!Also, note to self: don't skip even one day of zucchini or cucumb...
30/07/2021

Today's harvest is an exciting one. First watermelon!!!

Also, note to self: don't skip even one day of zucchini or cucumber harvest.

Lastly, Holy Corn!!!?

Today's harvest!
28/07/2021

Today's harvest!

Herb day!
25/07/2021

Herb day!

17/07/2021

Garden update! I used wood mulch instead of straw and so far so good!!

Pros:
-excellent soil armor
-excellent w**d suppressor
-excellent water retention and infiltration
-helps build soil over time

Cons:
-need to fertilize more because it takes a lot of nitrogen to start breaking down the mulch
-labor heavy at the beginning (but the workout was worth it)

It's almost tomato time! The first varieties are Crnkovic Yugoslavian, Black Cherry, and Blueberry. Hurry up and turn!
17/07/2021

It's almost tomato time! The first varieties are Crnkovic Yugoslavian, Black Cherry, and Blueberry. Hurry up and turn!

So much beauty in a garden!
08/07/2021

So much beauty in a garden!

Busy day today! Planted a bunch of stuff (more than pictured). Hoping to mulch the lilacs and plants a bunch of annuals ...
16/05/2021

Busy day today! Planted a bunch of stuff (more than pictured). Hoping to mulch the lilacs and plants a bunch of annuals up front tomorrow before the rain.

The starter greenhouse is up! Hopefully I'll have a hoop house next year.Time to harden off some plants!
27/04/2021

The starter greenhouse is up! Hopefully I'll have a hoop house next year.

Time to harden off some plants!

14 hours of scooping, hauling and spreading over 5 days is done! I'm sore and I'm tired. But my garden is ready to be pl...
25/04/2021

14 hours of scooping, hauling and spreading over 5 days is done! I'm sore and I'm tired. But my garden is ready to be planted.

Based on average weights, Google tells me this was about 15,000 lbs of material. 12 cubic yards of mulch and 6 cubic yards of compost.

This should be plenty of room for year 1 but the garden will definitely grow over the years!

Finished 1 of 5 beds today. This will be a pollinator garden with a small Red Bud Tree in the middle.
21/04/2021

Finished 1 of 5 beds today. This will be a pollinator garden with a small Red Bud Tree in the middle.

21/04/2021

Off to a great start in the first season at my new place!

21/04/2021

12 cubic yards of mulch delivered this morning and 6 cubic yards of compost arriving later today! I have a lot of manual labor ahead of me and my massage is scheduled for Saturday!

My asparagus patch is planted. This patch should provide me with yummy, fresh and healthy asparagus for 20+ years. Fresh...
14/04/2021

My asparagus patch is planted. This patch should provide me with yummy, fresh and healthy asparagus for 20+ years. Fresh layer of compost and mulch to top it off.

I won't be able to harvest any for awhile but it will be well worth the wait.

Also, my peas sprouted!

This weekend is the big weekend. I'm starting to prepare my main garden beds. The goal is to do this without tilling the ground. I rented a sod cutter to remove the grass. The sod will go to my parents house and the rest will be composted and added back to the ground in a year or so. I have 6 cubic yards of compost and 12 cubic yards of mulch being delivered next week. Hopefully that will be enough for four main big beds and a large pollinator/rain garden.

I'll keep you posted!

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My 😸 found his catnip. He plays rough on catnip. Lol #firstsignsofspring

I ❤️ my 🐝🐝🐝.

Garden update: mulching with wood mulch pros and cons
Garden update: mulching with wood mulch pros and cons

Garden update! I used wood mulch instead of straw and so far so good!! Pros: -excellent soil armor -excellent weed suppressor -excellent water retention and infiltration -helps build soil over time Cons: -need to fertilize more because it takes a lot of nitrogen to start breaking down the mulch -labor heavy at the beginning (but the workout was worth it)

Compost is here!!
Compost is here!!

Off to a great start in the first season at my new place! #compost #urbanfarm #buildingsoil #StartingOffRight #DesMoines

12 cubic yard of mulch delivered this morning and 6 cubic yards of compost arriving later today! I have a lot of manual labor ahead of me and my massage is scheduled for Saturday!
12 cubic yard of mulch delivered this morning and 6 cubic yards of compost arriving later today! I have a lot of manual labor ahead of me and my massage is scheduled for Saturday!

12 cubic yards of mulch delivered this morning and 6 cubic yards of compost arriving later today! I have a lot of manual labor ahead of me and my massage is scheduled for Saturday!

Mixing some potting soil in the greenhouse. Only a few weeks left before the first farmers market!

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Roots Urban Farm

It started in containers on a roof and now my goal is not to have any grass. Who needs grass when you can grow food?

We need a food revolution where food production is more than just about profits. It’s about reconnecting with the land and it’s ability to grow life. For the past 5 years I’ve leaped into the world of local food production for a number of reasons. One, simply put - it’s healthier. Two, it tastes better. Three, it’s good for the planet. Four, it feeds the soul.

I am not an expert. This is a journey and one where we’ll learn and hopefully GROW from many, many failures and accidents. That’s life right?

I start all my plants from seeds and in 2018 I’ll be starting over 75 heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs, and more. And, I’ll be joining my best friend in our first business adventure, @UrbanTwisters, at the Valley Junction Farmers Market.