Julia and I have been busy. Going through a fit of spring cleaning indoors and outdoors. We also had a little freeze one day so we had to cover what few plants are left in the mini garden. So today’s entry is eye-candy! I bought a 4 ft wide chrome shelf at Target on New [...]
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One New Shelf, Two New Beds
Posted in Garden, SFG, Self-Watering on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lettuce Eye Candy
Posted in Garden, Self-Watering on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday (Winter Solstice) Julia and I got a late start to our seeds. We’d been distracted with Thanksgiving and Christmas pageant costumes/rehearsals so the garden was left to fend for itself other than waterings when it didn’t rain. Today I went out to see if I needed to water and it was a cool, [...]
Spring 2008 Planning
Posted in Garden on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. Saw a lot of the in-laws. But now that I’m at Sunday night and facing my week ahead, I realize that I’m going to fall behind if I don’t make some serious headway tomorrow with the garden. Here’s my timetable so I can be ready to plant out in [...]
Breaking Ground
Posted in Garden on November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had nice, cool, crisp fall weather today so Julia and I spent about an hour and a half in the yard. We were scrubbing out our fridge drawers and kitchen trash can. Then she found a mess of feathers that she called “Treasure!” and I called “A bird got eaten by a cat!” in [...]
Toad in the… Lettuce?
Posted in Garden on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Started fall cleaning today and in between going down my kitchen checklist, I spent some time with kid. In the afternoon, we putzed around the garden tidying it up and laying out boards for the edges of where the mulch will stop. Then I dragged out junk leaning on my concrete wall. She built a [...]
Pests
Posted in Garden on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Julia and I pulled up all the pepper plants this afternoon. They were scraggly and looked like something was nibbling on them. Spouse told me he saw an opossum running across the yard two nights in a row but forgot to tell me until I complained about my scraggly peppers. Tonight he saw the opossum [...]
Soggy Day Dreaming
Posted in Garden on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been raining cats and dogs. Not much to do in the yard with child other than poke about for lizards and mushrooms… and slime mold. My favorite two shots today were the anole that actually held still for a minute on the bean plant… …and Julia showing me a tiny mushroom she found. The [...]
Making Seed Tape
Posted in Garden, SFG on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today after school we got to fertlize plant the Empress beans and the strawberries.The Empress beans are smooth, white, glossy beans… remind me a lot of white Tic-Tac candy. We planted 6 or 7 around the base of a tomato cage. SFG book suggests 9 per sq ft. but I wasn’t going to argue with [...]
Deep Side Fall 2007 Plan
Posted in Garden, SFG on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I got some time in the garden. Julia helped me knock off the dirt from the basil plants I uprooted and we trashed them. Never figured out if those nodules were bugs or disease, but either way, didn’t want it spreading. Then she played in the dirt while I weeded and fertilized the lower [...]
Lettuce Sprouts
Posted in Garden, Self-Watering on October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying out a bunch of seeds from Seed Savers Exchange.I have a packet of the Tennis Ball Lettuce and then a packet of Lettuce mix. It’s been raining so much that I couldn’t direct sow — I worried the seeds will wash away before they can take hold. Friday I set them in self-watering [...]
