Archive for December, 2008
December 31, 2008 / January 1, 2009
Happy New Year all!
Out with 2008 and in with 2009. May your gardens grow and produce more of your families needs than ever before. I know that’s one of my resolutions. Grow more in the same amount of space. Learn from my mistakes and get better.
I also resolve to try to use open source or [...]
Posted: December 31st, 2008 under planning.
Comments: 3
December 30, 2008
Wow, must have been a much bigger wind storm last night than I thought. When I checked the garden today, not expecting anything, I found it in complete disarray. Bed #2 had completely lost it’s cover, and the cross brace on Bed #1 had fallen down. In addition, since all the snow had melted from [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2008 under coldframe/hoop cover, planning, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 8
December 29, 2008
Carolynp, my garden buddy from GW asked my take on Monsanto. I figured I’d go one further and explain what I’ve learned about the company and why I have the opinions of them that I do. I don’t proclaim to be unbiased, so excuse my asides, but here is a lengthy post on everything from [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2008 under research.
Comments: 13
December 28, 2008
I didn’t post yesterday, instead I played with the kids, changed a flat tire and watched the boob tube. Oh and I went out to water the garden and finally see what two weeks of sub-freezing temperatures and several inches of snow cover did to the poor plants.
I chose yesterday because it was the first [...]
Posted: December 28th, 2008 under Food, coldframe/hoop cover, harvest, research, watering/irrigation, weather.
Comments: 6
December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas!
I knew we were going to technically have a white Christmas this year, as a day of 35 degree weather didn’t do anything to melt all the snow. However, when we woke this fine morning to see HUGE snowflakes falling as fast as any thunder storm, it truely was a white Christmas. Before it [...]
Posted: December 25th, 2008 under weather.
Comments: 6