More rain, more slugs, more salamanders! We have these orange salamanders that show up in the tall grass and in the marshy areas, and sometimes on the road (I pick them up with wet hands and transport them across if…
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Author: APerkins
Day 38 – “Container Bed” Done, Compost all wet.
I was thinking of dressing up the sides with ornate sea shells or my kid’s giant Lego blocks, but I decided to keep it more natural looking to our surroundings. I can easily take away the logs and add more…
Day 37 – What if…
Watching “Over the Hedge” with my daughters about a month ago reminded me why I am glad I don’t live in a “community” where the by-laws strangle any creativity. We do have our laws out here in the foothills of…
Day 35 – Experiments in Composting
Seems the 30 min/day is going to be more of an “average” than a set in stone scheduled time for me. With young children’s schedules for acro, ballet, etc., along with work, trips to the “transfer station” (where we bring…
Day 32 – Carrots!
Carrots – a mixture of Imperator(88%) and Cosmic Purple (12%) went into two rows so far, one “row” (two banana boxes), and one foot in the Hugelkultur (I’ll have to see if that’s a pronoun) bed. Since I had my hat…
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Day 31 Some Growing, Some Groaning
Most of the beds are showing signs of life. I overplanted in a couple of areas, other areas not much is showing up. Broccoli is overplanted in the lasagna bed, 25% germination in the wicking bed – about 50% germination…
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Day 28 – Blast the Ballasts! Full Steam Ahead!
The grow lights (T8 Fluorescents) gave out on me today, following our sump pump alarm and the sump pump the day before, with a pinhole leak in the bathtub’s hot water pipe and an outlet dying in the kitchen. Ah…
Day 26 – Review
Here’s where we’re at so far: the bright green beds are planted, the olive beds are waiting for the Gardenhacker to make more time and get out and plant! Peppers and squash will probably go out next, while I think…
Day 25 – Overdue on the Mulching
The Potatoes grew almost one foot since planting, and were overdue for mulching. Fortunately, the lawn also needed cutting, so there were clippings to spare. Straw works well, especially in the beginning of the season, but toward the end it’s…
Groceries from Your Groceries
Up to 1/3 of what comes home as fresh produce ends up in the compost heap. Half of that can be grown or extended. Everything from Beet greens to Zucchini can be coaxed on in one way or another. You…
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