Comments on: Daily Photo: Isn’t it Pretty? http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/ Tales of a country girl and her hens. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:58:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: (not so) Urban Hennery » Blog Archive » Garden Update http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1280 (not so) Urban Hennery » Blog Archive » Garden Update Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:53:05 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1280 [...] seems like just last week that the garden was a barren patch of dirt and that it would never start to feed us. My how things can change quickly! Pretty much everything [...] […] seems like just last week that the garden was a barren patch of dirt and that it would never start to feed us. My how things can change quickly! Pretty much everything […]

]]> By: Melinda http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1077 Melinda Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:58:33 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1077 WOW - awesome! We have clay soil here, too. We brought in a truckload of mushroom compost, and it worked splendidly. A word of caution re: manure (just saw the comments above).... I don't know about llama poo, but I know most manure needs time to settle. If you put it straight into the garden, you might want to dig it in and then wait a few weeks before planting. Anyway, congratulations - I'm so excited for you!!!! LOL, now I'm watching your garden, jealous that you have one and know where you're planting this year... sigh. WOW - awesome! We have clay soil here, too. We brought in a truckload of mushroom compost, and it worked splendidly. A word of caution re: manure (just saw the comments above)…. I don’t know about llama poo, but I know most manure needs time to settle. If you put it straight into the garden, you might want to dig it in and then wait a few weeks before planting.

Anyway, congratulations - I’m so excited for you!!!! LOL, now I’m watching your garden, jealous that you have one and know where you’re planting this year… sigh.

]]> By: El http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1075 El Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:36:57 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1075 Yay. What a fun day. RE: clay soil: you'll never have enough good stuff to add to it :) so you might as well buck up. It's why I make surreptitious raids with the Volvo wagon to the city to get my fix of bagged leaves!! Anyway, it'll make that horse a lot more attractive to you...the idea that all that bedding and all that poo would be destined to your garden... Yay. What a fun day. RE: clay soil: you’ll never have enough good stuff to add to it :) so you might as well buck up. It’s why I make surreptitious raids with the Volvo wagon to the city to get my fix of bagged leaves!! Anyway, it’ll make that horse a lot more attractive to you…the idea that all that bedding and all that poo would be destined to your garden…

]]> By: Wendy http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1074 Wendy Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:18:46 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1074 That's the most beautiful sight I think I've seen in a long time. I'm getting a little misty-eyed :). My raised beds are still under snow. I'm excited, though, as we've seen robins on the lawn and geese in the saltmarsh. Spring is here ... she's just taking her time with melting the snow. That’s the most beautiful sight I think I’ve seen in a long time. I’m getting a little misty-eyed :). My raised beds are still under snow. I’m excited, though, as we’ve seen robins on the lawn and geese in the saltmarsh. Spring is here … she’s just taking her time with melting the snow.

]]> By: Laura http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1073 Laura Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:29:06 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1073 Anita - I know! I realized yesterday that it's 700 square feet bigger than our last house. Crazy. Twinville - really? I can put llama poo straight on? There's a farm down the way, maybe I'll stop in and ask if they've got some to spare. Maggie - the biggest reason our search took so long was that around here it's almost impossible to find acreage that's flat, dry and cleared. You can usually find one, but not all 3. Luckily for us this one had it all at a reasonable price. Anita - I know! I realized yesterday that it’s 700 square feet bigger than our last house. Crazy.

Twinville - really? I can put llama poo straight on? There’s a farm down the way, maybe I’ll stop in and ask if they’ve got some to spare.

Maggie - the biggest reason our search took so long was that around here it’s almost impossible to find acreage that’s flat, dry and cleared. You can usually find one, but not all 3. Luckily for us this one had it all at a reasonable price.

]]> By: maggie http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1072 maggie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:06:50 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1072 Lovely! What you need is (are?) a few goats (oh, and the horse - I wish to live vicariously) to contribute to soil amending. All our goat bedding goes right on the garden. It's like llama or sheep poo. I am quite jealous of the flatness of your land. :) Lovely! What you need is (are?) a few goats (oh, and the horse - I wish to live vicariously) to contribute to soil amending. All our goat bedding goes right on the garden. It’s like llama or sheep poo.

I am quite jealous of the flatness of your land. :)

]]> By: Twinville2 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1069 Twinville2 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:38:11 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1069 Wow! That plot really looks great! What is even more exciting is seeing it as an empty slate, just waiting for tiny seeds and transplants to grow in it's deep rish soil. GIves me goosebumps just thinking about it! Wish you lived closer as I've got a lot of llama poo that you could have. It's fantastic stuff, I've been told, for gardens and can be placed right in the garden without being composted. Can't wait to read more about the next phase of your new garden plot. Wow! That plot really looks great! What is even more exciting is seeing it as an empty slate, just waiting for tiny seeds and transplants to grow in it’s deep rish soil. GIves me goosebumps just thinking about it!

Wish you lived closer as I’ve got a lot of llama poo that you could have. It’s fantastic stuff, I’ve been told, for gardens and can be placed right in the garden without being composted.

Can’t wait to read more about the next phase of your new garden plot.

]]> By: Anita http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1068 Anita Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:30:10 +0000 http://urbanhennery.com/2008/04/02/daily-photo-isnt-it-pretty/#comment-1068 I know you told us before how big your garden would be, but I just now made the connection: Your veggie bed is larger than our whole lot. I'm pretty sure our line-to-line is 30x50. :) I know you told us before how big your garden would be, but I just now made the connection: Your veggie bed is larger than our whole lot.

I’m pretty sure our line-to-line is 30×50. :)

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