I enjoy squash, particularly a good, winter squash. In fact, maybe I'll cook some tonight for supper! But, in the past years I've had mixed results in the squash beds, and quite a challenge controlling SQUASH BUGS and CUCUMBER BEETLES.Lak ...
Last year, the 2012 garden, I had followed some advice that it would be good to store the potatoes in the ground, under mulch, and that they would be fine until spring. So, in the fall I threw extra mulch (mostly hay and manure) over them and l ...
Fall 2013We still have 5 ducks. Three are the original Welsh Harlequins we got the spring of 2011. The other two are the pekins we got the summer of 2012 (they are the same age as our WH's).In July I began freezing some of the eggs, thinking th ...
A couple of years ago I'd planted a row of tomatoes under our cottonwood tree, and they did not do well at all. Many died, those that lived produced very few tomatoes. I blamed it on the variety I had chosen, and have not planted those si ...
OK, so I've pretty well neglected writing on this blog. But, if anyone is listening, I've just posted my garden plan for 2013 on growveg.com. The main garden can be seen here: MAIN GARDENThe three sisters plot is here: CORN-BEANS-SQUASHRight no ...
Sadly, Pinky is no longer with us. She hadn't been acting normal in mid-July and we thought we might lose her then, but then she improved. Some days she moved slowly, but mostly she acted the same as the other ducks. Monday she was ...
We saw an ad on Craigslist for two Pekin ducks, and thought, "Why not?" We picked them up and now they're a part of our flock.We were surprised that on the way home, in a carrier in the back of the car, they were completely quiet. Not one ...
The 2012 garden is planted--see maps below. Whew! Everything is in its place and I'm on to less urgent maintenance projects, like weeding and catching up on the blog. We've been working hard, and it's nice to have a break.NEW THINGS ...
I've mentioned previously this cool tool at growveg.com to create a garden plan. My current plan is now published and can be seen here: 2012 Garden Plan I've also placed a link in the sidebar at the right. This only shows the m ...
These ducks are really cranking them out! Almost every day we find four eggs from these four ducks. One day there were only three, and the next day five, so I suspect I missed one the first day, although I have heard it is possible for a ...