Archive for April, 2008
April 30, 2008
Today was picture day. I got a call from my youngest mumbling that he wanted to go outside when I got home. So we got on coats (it’s a sweltering 47 degrees and sprinkling) and went out back with my wife’s phone. I got great pics and wanted to share…
Here is a great pic of [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2008 under blueberries, coldframe/hoop cover, composting, fruit trees, planting, potatoes, weather.
Comments: 2
April 29, 2008
Like the new look? I’m still partial to the old theme, but it had a big flaw. I recently got to look at my blog stats and found that my Build-As-You-Grow Bins page is the favorite among visitors (it’s mine too). Unfortunately with many themes including my old one, you couldn’t allow comments on pages, [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 2
April 28, 2008
Good news, I’m getting excited about joining the ranks of the composting few. I want to build a compost bin out of recycled pallets. With the space I’ve got in the back of my yard I figure I can easily fit one two wide and one deep, so I’ll need a total of 6 pallets. [...]
Posted: April 28th, 2008 under composting, potatoes.
Comments: 5
April 27, 2008
Today I started about a dozen corn seeds of both my varieties soaking, as well as 2 SF of bush beans. I let them soak for a half-hour and then put them in damp coffee filters. The filters are now in un-sealed zip-lock bags on top of the fridge. I hope they don’t mind being [...]
Posted: April 27th, 2008 under SWCs, composting, mulching, potatoes, seed starting, weather.
Comments: 2
April 26, 2008
Short post… The Mariner’s won! Pitching fell apart with the bullpen, grrr, two days in a row, but we had enough of a lead for the putz Putz to hold on by a thread to get the save. Anyway, not important.
I didn’t get ANYTHING accomplished off my list except to go to the game. Instead, [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2008 under grass, mulching, weather.
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