Author: Aaron Williamson
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springing into action
I couldn’t help myself with the classic spring pun title. It’s too easy. Critters are out, green trash cans are making appearances on trash day, it’s still light after a work day – we’re in spring folks! It’s been awhile since the last blog post exactly 3 months ago, so here we are. Rest assured…
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lessons learned
Happy New Year! As festivities wind down and we enter the holiday hangovers and doldrums of January, now feels a great time to look back on a last reflection of 2024, the teachings it gave, and the takeaways gained before the neck creaks back forward and sights are set on 2025. Sprinkled around this past…
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to bed
On winter solstice I felt it fitting to publish a seasons-end post on putting the beds … to bed. What kind of content could one possibly come up with in regards to the literal act of stopping gardening, you ask? Great question. Turns out, a decent amount. So here we are. Aside from myself, the…
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weighing in
While some gardening enthusiasts are still growing leafy greens and brassicas, my growing season has come to a close. After a resounding success this first year, plot 63P was officially shut down for the long winter on November 2nd. There is plenty to cover about the plot and its contents in retrospection. Out of the…
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break it down
It’s officially autumn, which means the end of the first season in plot 63P is drawing nigh. There are still crops to be harvested, so rather than writing a premature post-mortem about how it went, I’ll instead write about another journey I’ve taken over the past year; compost! One could argue that it all began…
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welcome to the jungle
The irony isn’t lost on me that summer signifies when fruits are thickest on the vine, but human’s are thinnest on their time. The clashing of two desires: The average person would try to figure out how to balance both priorities, with hopes to moderately succeed at both. Me on the other hand … well…
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support me
I could put the title in quotes and suffix it with “, the plants screamed at me, all at once”. Sprinkled about in my blog posts of past lore, I foreshadow a future time when plant growth will take off like a rocket, soar like an eagle, tower over yards and plots casting shadows all…
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culture shock
I always have writer’s block when starting a new post and starting a blank white screen. How’s this: Hello. Glad that’s out of the way. Yah know, something I’ve been realizing about this blog is that as summer kicks into full swing, it it becomes increasingly difficult to try and parse down all the things…
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no vacancy
It’s officially growing season and we are underway. To kick things off, I’ll begin where we ended previously when describing how some of the crops looked soiled… in a bad-soil kinda way. The investigation continues to determine why some crops, both directly sown and transplanted have had less personal growth than I’ve had in my…
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april showers bring more showers
Happy Cuatro de Mayo, a day with no festivities and also rain. Lots of rain. The theme of the last couple weeks has been … ‘on hold’. Everything that’s already in the ground is on hold growing any considerable amount with the lack of sunshine, and everything still waiting to be planted is on hold…
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make your bed & lie in it
Harpo, the final Marx brother has been completed. Writing about the reconstruction of these garden beds feels very deja vu, so we’ll keep it tight. How’s that for efficiency? I’ve gotten quicker at replacing these beds now that the work is essentially done, so there’s not much innovation when it comes to rebuilding. It goes…
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super précoce
“just a dude. growing food”. That’s the tagline plastered atop the home page of this blog. If this were another plot renovation update, I’d more or less be forced to update my tagline to “just a dude. building wood containers.” which A) isn’t a hobby that inspires the imagination and B) doesn’t rhyme. Luckily this…
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the plot thickens
By plot, I mean 63P. By thickens, I mean some new stuff exists. That’s it. That’s the pun. I’ll see myself out. If you’ve made it past that excruciating eye-roll of a first sentence, I congratulate you. Now let’s get to the juicy bits. 63P is one step further in its evolution. We’ve got a…
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the fin whale
Construction continues at 63P. Or should I say deconstruction. It was time to start hauling out the loads and loads (and loads) of stored pallet wood from the plot. For this I needed help. Morgan decided to lend her efforts towards the ordeal, as well as her mom, Rosalie. We had quite a tall task…
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i’m choking
It’s been about 3 weeks since I started the onions and shallots. All my blog fans must be refreshing my site hourly just dying for an update on how the seedlings are doing, so it’s a great time for an update. Transylvanian Red Onions: 2/4 → 2/25 The reds are picking up steam. It looks…
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razed beds
It’s show time and go time baby. The clock is ticking down quickly for the 2024 planting season and I’m so far from ready that I could load and aim a cannon at ready, blast that cannon at ready, and still not be close to ready. Now that Seedling Mode has been activated, they’re my…
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onion breath.. of life
Last February I was surprised with a nice little case of appendicitis and got to enjoy an appendectomy. I tried my best to follow doc’s orders for recovery which meant it wasn’t until late April before I could get in the dirt. Now over this past winter, with my healthy fit firm tight thick post-recovery…
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lay of the land
Barring any sudden jarring changes to my life, currently my sentiment is that plot 63P will be an asset for multiple years. As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve never had the same plot over multiple seasons, which means plot 63P brings with it a different outlook and a different mindset. My mindset is now…
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genesis
I either lucked out, or I’ve made a huge mistake. I’m now the official inheritor of plot 63P, one of many garden plots at Gabriel Park Community Gardens, but the only 400 square foot plot available for takeover in 2024. Back in ye olden days when I was but a wee lad (last summer) I…