Archive for 'research'
June 16, 2009
Well, the weather was much cooler today, though muggy. I think we’re finally in for some rain tonight. Of course that didn’t stop us from having a great 3-mile walk sans youngin’s tonight when we got home from work. It was great. The heart rate wasn’t racing quite as much as pushing an old jogging [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2009 under SWCs, blueberries, corn, fertilizer, research, seeds, tomatoes, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 4
May 31, 2009
Man, time flies when you’re busy beyond belief, and this weekend was no exception. We got a ton done over at the folks place, including painting most of two floors of the house, but I got squat done around the homestead. Par for the course I guess.
I did of course water, since we had tons [...]
Posted: May 31st, 2009 under beds, bees, coldframe/hoop cover, corn, harvest, planning, research, tomatoes, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 5
May 28, 2009
Boy am I tired. I’m not as young as I used to be. Yesterday was the final show of Village Theatre’s season. Much as we enjoyed the evening, it was a very late night, followed by an early morning. Unfortunately I was so exhausted this evening that I almost didn’t head out to mow the [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2009 under bees, composting, grass, harvest, pests, potatoes, research, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 6
May 16, 2009
I wasn’t planning on posting tonight, as I got hardly anything done in my garden today besides watering. I was busy all day helping the folks.
That was until I got a few comments on my Monsanto post. At first I had to laugh that I got someone reading that vehemently opposed my views and opinions. [...]
Posted: May 16th, 2009 under research, weather.
Comments: 5
April 24, 2009
Well, I THOUGHT we had our last frost day last week, but the clear skies yesterday resulted in a cold night. It got down around 35 is my guess, but it was enough to give us a light frost. And to think it was bed time when I remembered that I hadn’t brought in the [...]
Posted: April 24th, 2009 under blueberries, fertilizer, garlic, research, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 4