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2108, 2012
Bountiful harvests, battling viruses, and farmers market finds
I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve written and yet it was only earlier last week that I wrote! So much has happened since the last time I wrote so, this is one of those moments when I take a huge sigh and try to figure out where to begin. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland the King said to the White Rabbit “Begin at the beginning and go on till
0708, 2012
Tough Decisions
This weekend I decided to bite the bullet and tear out our lovely, beautiful lone tomatillo plant. If you remember right I posted earlier that I made the rookie mistake of only planting one tomatillo plant. You know, the old saying, it takes two to tango? Well that applies here. Tomatillo plants are self infertile which means they need two plants to produce fruit. Since I only planted one plant the tomatillo was
3007, 2012
A few new developments
A weekend not spent camping usually means a productive day or two in the garden. This weekend we didn’t go camping so we managed to tidy up a bit, pull weeds, move some of our squash and cucumber vines around and work in our compost bins a bit. To those who are new to reading here, we do both traditional compost and Vermicompost. Traditional composting is more or less just
1803, 2012
Starting up again after the mild winter
First let me say, I’m so relieved that I didn’t post more about our DIY greenhouse. It survived until about mid January when we had a snow/ice storm that caved in the top somewhat. The windstorm we had in February just finished the job on it. We did get a few fresh onions, some fresh greens, our leeks are just about ready to be pulled and made into soup or
1307, 2011
Week uhhh whatever on Vermicomposting
I’ve lost track of what week I’m on now with my little pets, the worms. Still though, every week I lovingly feed them all the scraps from the kitchen. Worrying over whether they will like the cherries better than the cucumber peels or the rotten peaches over the bell pepper parts. They honestly don’t really give me much feedback since they tend to eat it all. One of these days
2905, 2011
Compost Tea = MASSIVE GROWTH
I’ve been looking at photos from the past few weeks, especially since I found some recently on my Facebook page from last year at almost exactly this time, and well….I really have to pat my husband and I on the back. This is what really made the impact. The left side was from last year. No compost, no raised beds, No compost tea, no extra soil. Nothing.This year we’ve added
0805, 2011
Vermicomposting Week 1& Status of the backyard
Wednesday our little friends arrived in the mail!!! Approximately 250 of Red Wigglers along with several little cocoons which will hatch later on and provide even more worms. (or as we call them for our son “squirmy wormies”) So Wednesday night hubby and I had to prepare their new home. Luckily enough I had already picked up the rubbermaid containers from Target. Great deal for $5.99 each. Not bad! Then
2804, 2011
Basics on Composting & The Benefits of Compost Tea
This past winter we discovered compost tea. I have to admit, when I first heard of it my very first thought was “OOOHH GROSS!” After a bit of research though and hearing lots of good things about it, I decided to give it a try. So I went to Youtube like I almost always do to scout out people who are familiar with it. I was lucky enough to almost
