It’s been extremely warm these past two weeks here in “Zone 5”, so much so that several other gardeners are planting already. Definitely feels like the right time, but there’s still big chances of frost. Since we have an abundant…
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Day 116 Bush Beans and Snow Peas Experiments End
It’s been a great summer for gardening, and I wish I had kept up on the 30 minutes/day challenge, but we still have been eating well from the garden and will continue to do so. The bush beans (providor) and…
Day 107 – Spills and a Squashed Patty Pan Plant
Managed to trip and land on one of my squash plants in the Hugelkultur bed, attempting to get at some of the tomatoes that have been almost completely covered by the amazingly large leaves of the patty pan. Also bent…
Day 99 – Numbers skewed but the trends continue to favor the Lasagna garden bed
Took a week away last week, and it seems technology took a holiday as well in many forms. First I lost (then later found) my flash drive. Then my MP3 player decided it had enough (Sansa Clip that was working…
Day 88 – Patty Pan Push Lasagna Bed Further Ahead
A couple of more pattypan squash have pushed the lasagna bed even further ahead, at almost 2.5 pounds (1.13kg) total yield from this gardening technique. I remember over fourty years ago getting ready for “the coming of the metric system”. Now,…
Day 33 – Williamsburg Farmer’s Market
I’d dropped by the Williamsburg Farmer’s Market last week and seen several people who had nice healthy plants for sale. Hoping to get a head start, or at least move things along, I went down there again this Thursday. The…
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