Posted in growing challenge, locavore, gardens, eat local on Jul 12th, 2008
It’s hard to believe that the lush garden above looked like the bare patch below just 2 months ago. I never thought it would be take off and grow this well. What a rush!
In exciting news, the peas are in, the peas are in! I think we’ll be picking them starting Sunday. At least the […]
Posted in growing challenge, locavore, gardens on Jul 7th, 2008
I mentioned last night that maybe I should be talking about failures so far as well as successes. Well, okay, here goes.
Most notable was the ENTIRE TRAY of seedlings that I had to toss because they got super weirdly leggy. The tray included Brussels sprouts, broccoli and dill and I’m still not sure what happened.
Then […]
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 […]
