Archive for March, 2008
March 31, 2008
After seeing Judy’s lot, I felt the need to counter her situation with my own. I’m quite proud of what I found ten years ago in a city where the average lot size is 6,000 SF. Mine is almost twice that size. That said, 75% of my lot is unusable space in the front yard. [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 3
March 30, 2008
Well, it’s 36 degrees and lightly snowing outside at NOON! I ran outside and checked on my hoop cover. Still leaning a bit but no change from yesterday. I may make a trip to the hardware store to see if I can’t figure out how to make the hoop covers easier and more “permanent” for [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2008 under Winter Sowing, coldframe/hoop cover, design/build, garden supplies, research.
Comments: none
March 29, 2008
Oh the weather outside is frightful, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… GRRRR
Odd though, it was beautiful out today (though a bit cold). My father and I set up the temporary hose in lieu of the PVC pipe to bring water to my garden. Unfortunately we got a cheap hose and it [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2008 under raccoons, seed starting, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 2
March 28, 2008
I’m going to keep this really short as it’s actually one hour into the 29th.
Quick update: We got slushy snow all day here with about a half inch of slush accumulation on my hoop cover. It is leaning pretty bad and heavily laiden with chunky water, but it’s holding up well enough that I’ll wait [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2008 under Winter Sowing, beds, coldframe/hoop cover, garden supplies, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 1
March 27, 2008
Well, hectic day. Work was frantic and stressful because it was a short day for me. I left at 2 to get my car and go to a dentist appointment. Afterwards I took the kids to Sky Nursery to buy racoon deterrent, and then to Dunn Lumber to check out pricing on composite materials for [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2008 under beds, coldframe/hoop cover, raccoons, seed starting, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 7