Wind Damage
On Wednesday night it was quite windy! Apparently there were gusts to 50 mph. Throughout the night we heard things going bump and ca-clunk, wondering what was loose. Thursday morning Tim looked out to see that our cold frame had "fl ...
Garden Plan 2011
Here is our current plan for 2011. There still may be revisions, but for now I'm sticking with this plan. We will be removing the bed that had previously been in the upper left (NW) corner, and will create the new long bed, going N-S to t ...
The Ducks Have It
After tons of research, we've decided on DUCKS. Not only that, we've decided on a breed. We'll be looking for Welsh Harlequins. They should be good layers, and are considered "rare", so by raising these we will help prolong the bree ...
Chickens or Ducks?
We are thinking about getting chickens or ducks, for eggs and/or meat. We are still only thinking, and plotting out how we will do this, where they will be, and whether we want one more thing to tie us down. If we do it, we will build some kind of ...
Garden Work Area
I thought I'd show some pictures of my garden working area. First is indoors where I have my grow lights. So far I'm only using the one light. The seedlings are on a rolling cart, and the seedlings can be raised or lowered according to how much sp ...
Seeds
I finally finished buying/ordering my seeds! I really get myself into a tizzy trying to decide what varieties to get, particularly when it comes to tomatoes and peppers. I go back and forth from one website to another, trying to choose which one ha ...
Transplanting MICROS to 2″ MINI Blocks
Some of the things that sprouted in the MICRO blocks are ready to go into MINI blocks. I've made my first batch of 2" MINI blocks with the 3/4" pin to make a hole big enough for the MICRO blocks to be inserted.I was frustrated and concerned that the ...
Micro Blocks
Yesterday I made my first batch of "micro blocks" for germination. I'm starting some lettuce, spinach, kale, leeks & scallions to go into my cold frame early, before the last frost date. I'll probably plant them in early to mid-April. I'm also gi ...
2011 GARDEN PLAN
I've already been planning my 2011 garden! I don't know yet how well I'll keep up this blog, but I'll give it a shot, and if anyone's listening perhaps I'll keep it up.Soon I'll be starting seeds for a few crops that will go in a cold frame, probably ...
Leeks
I've just harvested the last of my 2010 leek crop. Some leeks (sown 3/11 indoors) were put into a cold frame early April, these were harvested first, but the early planting out didn’t give them much advantage. The rest were planted outside 4/28 and ...