Archive for January, 2008
January 31, 2008
End of the month scrambling at work, but by the time I got home (late) I had the best surprise waiting for me. I opened the door from the garage to find both kids and my wife standing in the doorway yelling SURPRISE! What a great way to end the day and start quality time [...]
Posted: January 31st, 2008 under beds, design/build, raccoons, seed starting.
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January 30, 2008
Final day of my carryover vacation, and since my wife’s out doing her paper route, so I’m watching the boys and checking the boards. But not before I made smoothies for breakfast.
Quick aside here, the smoothies I make are great! I get frozen strawberries, blueberries, mixed berries and mixed fruit from Costco and blend 1 [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2008 under bees, blueberries, research.
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January 29, 2008
Well, I’m still trying to get my blog skills down, but since my background is done and updated, now it’s time to start the periodic progress reports.
Both my son and I are excited about watching the water boil, er wait, the seeds sprout. Recall that I’ve got 4 broccoli and 4 cauliflower going in a [...]
Posted: January 29th, 2008 under research, seed starting.
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My Update…
Let me start by saying that I’m not only new at SFG, but blogging as well. This first post is sort of my second. My first was my introductory post on Ft2Garden.com. Judy, the moderator asked me if I would write a blog and I said sure. I’m not sure if she wanted a neophyte’s [...]
Posted: January 28th, 2008 under design/build, potatoes, seed starting.
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My Story
I’m a 36 year old commercial real estate lender (affordable housing) in the Seattle area. I’m married with two young boys (4 and almost 2). We bought our current house on a quarter acre in the suburbs of Seattle 10 years ago and I quickly found I hated yard work. Just mowing was an entire [...]
Posted: January 28th, 2008 under beds, blueberries, design/build, planting, seed starting.
Comments: 1