A Larrapin Garden

Today’s a quick and random post! I love my new giant red trug and I love all the beans I picked yesterday! This year we grew Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans and wow are they productive and delicious. We’d been Blue Lake Bush Bean fans for years, but Kentucky may have won out at Larrapin. This [...]

This week has been so hot I’m filling the water dishes for the creatures every day. The calendar says June, but it feels like mid-July and has for a couple of weeks! Add that to a shoulder injury and the gardening (and blogging/typing too) have been challenging around here. But watching the variety of birds [...]

Calvin Bey is Fayetteville’s resident guru on organic, biointensive gardening for nutrient-dense produce. I’ve had the privilege of taking his class and continuing to be mentored by this amazing gardener. Today I’m sharing some pics from his open-garden day back in mid-May. Harmony Garden was also featured in the FGNS Through The Garden Gate Tour [...]

Tags: biointensive, inspiration, Other Gardens

Tomorrow, Saturday June 12th from 10-3 is the Omni Center’s Peace Garden Tour! I’m looking so forward to having the chance to visit some of these gardens. I particularly enjoy this tour for the gardens that range from elegant to quirky to down-home, all named for the wish for peace. And what is more peaceful [...]

Summer is in full swing at Larrapin. I’ve been so busy digging in the dirt I started to drift away from posting! The new garden spot, despite the astounding amounts of rock we’ve dug out of each bed and that the soil is barely developed, is producing abundant collards, kale, beet greens, lettuce and [...]

Tags: larrapin good, summer