[Lindengardens] gardening

[Andres Salomon]

Hi folks,

You might've noticed some activity in the raised garden beds lately.
The weather's suddenly become rather nice, things are coming back from
last year, and I've started a bunch of seedlings.

First of all, if anyone's interested in planting anything/doing any
gardening, let me know.  The garden's there for everyone to use,
whether they plant things or simply pick them (and simply picking stuff
is helpful!  Last year stuff like the dill and basil flowered way too
early, which could've been easily avoided simply by eating it more
aggressively).  I'm also open to recommendations for things to plant.

There are 3 areas I've been using; on the right (as you're exiting the
building by the front entrance) is a flower bed (for non-edibles), and
on the left are 2 raised beds for edibles.  Last year we had a bunch of
herbs and veggies in the raised beds, and Timea planted various flowers
in the flower bed.

Some of the herbs/veggies from last year have already come back.  They
are:
 - sorrell (lots, and edible now!  try it in a sandwich instead of
   lettuce)
 - kale (only a few)
 - cauliflower (I may just rip this out; we didn't get any useful heads
   last year, and they take up a huge amount of space)
 - catmint
 - mint
 - chives
 - strawberries
 - raspberries
 - egyptian walking onions (http://www.egyptianwalkingonion.com/)

I've also planted some seedlings, as well.  Some of the seeds are old,
so I'm not sure whether they'll produce anything, but it doesn't hurt
to try.  They are:
 - radishes (already coming up)
 - turnips (already coming up)
 - mustard greens (already coming up)
 - romaine lettuce
 - 2 types of basil (greek spicy globe, and purple ruffles)
 - forget-me-nots
 - sunflower
 - swiss chard
 - glacier tomatoes (the tomatoes last year were a failure, I think
   this variety should be better adapted to our climate/growing season)
 - cilantro/coriander

And more to come..

If you have any questions about picking stuff, feel free to ask.  I can
also put pictures online of stuff once it's growing to help people
identify things.

 - Andres (Unit #6)