Sunday FUNDAY! Ripping Up & Replanting My St. Paul Garden

It's Sunday FUNDAY! I'm officially hitting the mid-summer reset button here on St. Paul's East Side.

Round one of the cool-season crops is wrapped up, which means it’s time for succession planting.

I’ve cleared out the dying pea vines, harvested the first batch of carrots, and ripped up the bolted lettuce and arugula.

Round two is officially seeded & in the ground. Planting midway will hopefully result in a fresh wave of crisp, leafy greens and sweet fall peas by late August.

Sunday FUNDAY! Huge Cucumber Canopy & Ripe Tomatoes on the East Side of St. Paul

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Friday Recap: Potato Fails, Surviving the HEATDOME & Wildfire Smoke!

This week I got impatient with my potatoes and harvested a bag early - don't fall for the same mistake! And if you live in Minnesota, you know the heatwave continued all week, and wildfire smoke blanketed the TC area after coming down from the BWCA. Stay safe &

BEATING Grocery Inflation! The Current ROI of My St. Paul Garden

I've said it before - one of the reasons I garden is to save a few dollars at the grocery store. I figure every dollars worth of veggies I harvest is worth it, both for the fresh produce and the financial savings. So this week I had a MASSIVE

Friday Recap: Hail Damage Recovery & Lots of Berries

I'm planning to change things up a little bit, and maybe only post to the website once or twice a week and focus more on fresh content for the Phalen Plot YouTube channel. This week, I checked in on my cucumber patch which has recovered significantly from the

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Sunday FUNDAY! Huge Cucumber Canopy & Ripe Tomatoes on the East Side of St. Paul

Friday Recap: Potato Fails, Surviving the HEATDOME & Wildfire Smoke!

BEATING Grocery Inflation! The Current ROI of My St. Paul Garden

Friday Recap: Hail Damage Recovery & Lots of Berries