June 2014 Wichita KS USA Urban Farm

Garden going well.

Left: 2nd Year Asparagus bed
Right: My first Blueberry tomatoes are growing

 Left: Edamame - very disappointed in those this year.  The seeds must have been bad because my success has been minimal
Right: 2nd half of garlic yet to be pulled.  Left side of the bed's garlic was a good yield.  Dried and sold and planted the edamame in that half of the bed

Left: Green Zerba Stripe Tomatoes
Right: Blueberry tomato plant and 3 jalapano plants

Left: Carrot bed is blowing up!
Right: 2 tomato plants and 6 "fooled-ya" Jalapano (No heat)

Left: Jurassic Basil
Right: Herb garden (horseradish, basil, mint and been onion) & pumpkin

Left: Jurassic Mint
 Right: Jurassic Horseradish

 Pumpkin plant

Awesome Garden Production!

So far spring and start of summer is going great!  Strawberries are pro ducting more than I can eat!
Garlic is starting to fall over so I have been picking it. Smells great and all it is doing is drying so far
Carrots are think and healthy!
Lettuce still great
Horseradish; basil and mint are doing really well!
Asparagus still producing spears!
Tomatoes and pepper plants look great!

Overall: I grade the garden so far as an A+!


Left: My "new" chicken coop!  Guy was throwing away a dog house…#winning
Right: My volunteer romaine that I tried to sell at the market - no one bought so I put it back in the ground…still for sale if anyone is looking to grow their own Romaine

Left: Zane, Lucy and Dominic getting down on fresh, hand-picked organic and local strawberries!
Right: The garden and the berries!

Left: Garlic drying.  15 in this picture; another 40+ still in the bed
Right: Starting to get snow peas!

Garlic bulb: 2.5 inches

Here comes summer! 2014

Been a while since update - very busy!
Gardens are in full tilt production mode.

Last week we joined the Wichita Farmers Market at 21st and Ridge and had a great day!  Come visit us this summer for your fresh food and gardening needs!!

Left: Noelle cutting lettuce
Right: Cut lettuce

Left: Growing good
Right: Strawberries

Left: Strawberries
Right: Carrots filling in nicely

Left: Horseradish
Right: Basil

Left: Lettuce before cutting
Right: Cutting down butter crunch

Left: 1st Morning at the 21st and Ridge Farmers Market with The Architect and Captain - ICT Urban Farms and Gifts!
Right: Got a 3rd Chicken - Baby!

Left: Worm farm and tea at the market
Right: ICT Urban Farm stand

Left: ICT Wichita!
Right: Fresh Lettuce for sale; Ruby Red; Butter Crunch and Loose leaf

Left: Sunday morning sale
Right: Selling Sunday morning in the front yard

A visit to the Architect - April 2014

A visit to the Architects house


Left: Curbside garden - Rhubarb!
Right: Curbside garden: Green onion - Travis and Guiness

Left: Front warm garden - Radish
Right: Curbside garden: Rhubarb

 Left: Greenhouse - Mint!
Right: Daily Asparagus yield!  1 of these a day is good eating!!

 Left: Weather hardening.  Tomato plants among others!
Right: Greenhouse: Radish.  Greenhouse got to hot; went to flower

Left: Spinach!
Right: More weather hardening

 Left: Ducks!!!  Quack quack
Right: Swiss chard

Travis work farm.  1 year old!!  Thats good looking worm castings!!!