Archive for 'planning'
July 29, 2009
YIKES! We hit a new all-time record here in the Seattle area. Our previous record temperature was 100 hit as recently as 1994. I personally recall playing tennis all day long in high school only to find out it hit 99, but that was when I was insane. I’m better now, hehe.
Well, today we shattered [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2009 under SWCs, harvest, planning, tomatoes, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 7
July 13, 2009
Wow, how the weather can change here in Seattle. My father used to say if you don’t like the weather here, wait 15 minutes, it will change. It hasn’t been that bad, but following a 90 degree Saturday, we’ve had two days of 60 degree overcast weather. It even rained, though that was welcome news [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under SWCs, composting, planning, weather.
Comments: 5
July 11, 2009
Well, I swore I would have bounced back by this weekend after that long stint of hectic times that ended last Tuesday. Sure I was sluggish all week, but I slept well, but no, today I had grand plans and slept most of the day away. Now it’s past 10 and I’m wide awake. Bad [...]
Posted: July 11th, 2009 under harvest, planning, tomatoes, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 9
June 20, 2009
Well, in honor of Father’s Day, I am going to dedicate this post to my brother. He, like me, gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to taking care of our dad. Hmm, I was going to say dads, but he only has one, since his father-in-law passed away in Argentina years ago. On [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2009 under Mels Mix, beds, design/build, planning.
Comments: 9
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