Posted in farm, growing challenge, gardens on Jun 30th, 2008
I thought maybe it was time for another full garden review since it’s been a full month since the last one. Things are going strong and seem to be weathering the heat just fine. Which is nice to see and means that I’ve been getting the watering right. I’ve been trying to water deeply and […]
Posted in growing challenge, gardens on Jun 4th, 2008
I’ve been taking photos of flowers, so indulge me over the next few days as I post them.
I acquired a new skill tonight, not a very impressive one though. I learned to drive the John Deere mower. Mike taught me in about 90 seconds and now I’m really not sure why it took me 30 […]
Posted in growing challenge, locavore, gardens on May 31st, 2008
It 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 is in, even if not up yet. We’re waiting on the pumpkin, squash, cucumbers and pole beans to appear. Plus the second […]
Posted in growing challenge, gardens on May 19th, 2008
Starting plants from seed is not for the faint of heart. Or at least that’s what I was pondering tonight while I potted up 16 broccoli, 16 Brussels sprouts, 32 lettuce and 8 peppers.
There’s something just a bit twisted about thinning seedlings that you purposely started. About choosing which get to live and which die. […]
Posted in growing challenge, personal, gardens on May 18th, 2008
Today was a busy busy day. I’ve got a lot to say, but I’ll start off with the best part of it. Today I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Melinda and Matt of Elements in Time. They moved to Seattle just 2 short weeks ago and today paid us the compliment of driving […]
Posted in growing challenge, gardens on May 13th, 2008
Not really. Today it rained, a nice soaking rain. And though it seems like we’ve been waiting for nice weather forever, it’s okay. It’s okay because the nice weather is coming later this week - it’s supposed to be almost 80 either Thursday or Friday.
Until then though, this mass of greenery on the sofa table […]
Posted in growing challenge, gardens on May 12th, 2008
I think we all start off with great ambition on every new project. Or at least I do. And then sometimes reality comes along and bites me in the ass. So it was with the great dirt moving project of 2008. When we first started the garden project I was taking my Organic Gardening class […]
