Archive for August, 2008
August 31, 2008
Good day, good day. The weather cooperated, though I didn’t get much done in the garden. I did dig around about a foot down into my yukon gold bed and didn’t find anything. I was afraid to dig too much so I gave up. Whatever’s in there will hold for a while so I’m going [...]
Posted: August 31st, 2008 under bees, blackberries, bread, fruit trees, harvest, polination, preserving.
Comments: 8
August 30, 2008
Where has the year gone? It’s almost September. That’s what everyone keeps saying at work. I could say the same thing about my garden. Where has the summer gone? My plants echo that sentiment. The weather turned back to a plesant 70 degrees, so I finally got the back yard mowed, but since the weather [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under blackberries, bread, coldframe/hoop cover, composting, design/build, fruit trees, grass, harvest, preserving, seed starting, weather.
Comments: 7
August 29, 2008
Well, I took a look at my blog stats today, and it seems I’ve got a devoted group of under 150 that like my ramblings. That’s cool. I mostly started this to show new gardeners like myself that you can make 1,000 mistakes and still harvest exceptional veggies for your family. Of course the competitive [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2008 under coldframe/hoop cover, corn, fruit trees, harvest, polination, potatoes, preserving, research, tomatoes, weather.
Comments: 5
August 28, 2008
Well, I’m sort of on the mend. I hate this appathy sickness. I work, I come home tired and don’t want to eat, or do much of anything. I even snapped at the kids while reading them a bedtime story. Grrr.
Anyway, today was supposed to be the day to start marinating my cukes, but that’ll [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2008 under bread, corn, harvest, research, weather.
Comments: 5
August 27, 2008
Well, the weather’s still bad, very Octoberish. In August. I recall in high school playing tennis at this time of Summer and it was 99 degrees. Today it was 60 and rain with very few cloud breaks. It was dark at noon.
To top that off, this bug is lingering something fierce. I have no appetite [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under potatoes, preserving, research, tomatoes, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 3