Eric's Organic Garden

Join me and my journey growing a successful and bountiful organic garden. Watch exactly what I do that works so that you too can start eating healthy and delicious food.

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Time for start digging up my potatoes from the ground and still picking more eggplants as well.  I picked a total of 37 pounds of potatoes this year between the first and second harvest.

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I just started harvesting some of my corn and received 7/12 pounds from 21 ears of corn.  I have also been continuing to harvest my cherry tomatoes which have been quite large this season.  There are still plenty more tomato harvests and some more corn harvests to come.

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I have been picking my cucumbers for the past couple of weeks and just started harvesting all my onions both yellow and red.

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I have been harvesting strawberries for over a month.  I have picked over thirty pounds of these delicious berries and still have more to go.  The season is starting to wind down with only just a few pounds that are left.

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Where has the time gone.  Winter is about over and the springtime is upon us along with a new gardening season.  For now I have started planting indoors with mostly flowers of alyssum, dill, and some wildflowers.

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Finished digging up potatoes and the only plants left are peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, broccoli, kale, and pumpkins which will be harvested soon.  I also planted peas which I am hoping will sprout soon and have them for a fall crop.

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This week I decided it was time to finally harvest the last of my corn.  This corn is called Silver Queen and is an all white type of corn that I planted this season.  Although it is all white it still has a great flavor just like all other types of corn I have grown.

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This month I harvest both my first eggplant and one large head of broccoli. 

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It was a good time to continue picking cucumbers and start harvesting some of my corn.

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My kale plants are still alive and well continuing produce leaves even though the weather is quite warm for them.  At the same time I am beginning to pick cucumbers and soon some zucchini.

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It is now the month of June and my strawberries have started ripening and it was time to start harvesting.  I have three harvests so far and looking to do a fourth and possibly a fifth before the season is over.

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It was finally time to get both my spinach and kale into the garden this week.  I also have lettuce and broccoli that need to be transplanted, but they need a little bit more time before I add them to the garden.

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Planted some summer crop seeds into a 72 cell plant tray using expandable soil pellets.  I want to see if this soil will sprout much better than soil I have used in the past.  Tomato, eggplant, broccoli, peppers, cucumbers, and some lettuce seeds are in these cells.

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It’s time to start planting some spring crop indoors just before the weather begins to warm up.  Right now I have planted kale, lettuce, and spinach indoors.  I like using these pvc pipe sections for spinach plants in order to give the tap root plenty of room and prevent them from bolting and going to seed.

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I have started picking peppers, tomatoes, beans, and even zucchinis.  I have only picked a couple of cherry tomatoes, but there are many more to come once they start to ripen.

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I picked three harvests of strawberries this month. 

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Yesterday was a good day to start planting potatoes, radishes, and pea seeds.  I started tilling part of the garden for my spring crops so far.  The rest of the garden will be tilled in the month of May.