Archive for 'mulching'
October 4, 2008
Boy am I sore, and not just because I got a tetnus booster Friday and my arm aches whenever I move it. Today was a decent day, though I wish I’d got a bit more done. The weather cooperated for the most part, it only rained slightly when I was working. But most of my [...]
Posted: October 4th, 2008 under blueberries, coldframe/hoop cover, fertilizer, garlic, mulching, planting, potatoes, research, seed starting, weather.
Comments: 2
October 2, 2008
Where has the year gone? Fall is here and it is time for winter planting and prep. So this weekend, despite being crappy weather, will be busy in the yard. But before my promised to-do list, a couple of things to mention.
The first is a great honor that my friends bestowed on me. It started [...]
Posted: October 2nd, 2008 under coldframe/hoop cover, composting, garlic, harvest, mulching, planting, tomatoes, weather.
Comments: 4
July 13, 2008
Well, it’s late, yet again, so I’ll try to keep this short. We’ve got a movie to watch and get back to the store before they charge us, hehe.
Today I got Toasty’s SWC torn apart, cleaned and put back together. This time I used zip ties rather than duct tape.
Afterwards I filled it with Mel’s [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2008 under Mels Mix, SWCs, composting, corn, fertilizer, harvest, mulching, seed starting, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 4
June 29, 2008
Whew, today was a scorcher. Almost made me not want to be in the yard and garden… I say ALMOST. hehe. But first, I just have to nention the slew of comments I’ve been getting. Not only is the information excellent (if you don’t read the comments, please do), but folks have been coming out [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2008 under composting, design/build, harvest, mulching, tomatoes, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: none
June 28, 2008
Well, today was fun. I slept in until my body woke me up (10 pm). I haven’t done that in over 5 years. Then I leasurely tended the garden before my folks came over to help trim back some more plants that had gotten unruley.
While I was out there, I realized we’d be chipping up [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2008 under SWCs, composting, grass, mulching, tomatoes, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 2