It’s only May and I’ve already learned a valuable gardening related lesson. Straw makes a lovely mulch in Fall and Winter, but in Spring, it sprouts. This meant a great deal of additional weeding. Here, let me show you what I mean. I planted kale and broccoli raab in the pool garden, but guess what… [Read more…]
May 17, 2012
Disclaimer: No one is paying me to do this and I don’t have any stake in any of the film companies which produce the films. No one has ever sent me a free copy of a documentary to view or review, and they probably never will. The views and opinions I’m expressing here are entirely… [Read more…]
May 14, 2012
About two weeks ago, before I went out of town, I took an afternoon and got my porch garden in order. It had gotten unruly over the winter, and needed some serious tending. There are peas just starting to sprout out the now, and I’ll be transferring my starters out there sometime this month. Here… [Read more…]
May 12, 2012
I haven’t been posting much lately, but I’ve got a good one for you today. I spent part of this week in Portland, OR. I’ve never been there before and it was a really amazing opportunity to visit a new part of the country. Given my personal interests, it was also a good opportunity to… [Read more…]
April 27, 2012
I haven’t had much time to blog lately, but I wanted to share part three of this series of articles with you. (Here’s part 1 and part 2 in case you’re just dropping in now.) Feeding the world is a hot button issue. Politicians talk about it, activists talk about it, and big agri-businesses talk… [Read more…]
April 16, 2012
Some of you may have been around last year when Accomplice 1, Accomplice 2a, and I first put in our pool gardens. (If you missed it check them out here.) I went out to work on my pool on Thursday. I was excited to find that a good number of earth worms have worked their… [Read more…]
April 11, 2012
On Sunday I planted carrots. First I divided the bed in two with a small fence, as the other half will eventually be planted in melons. I had left my measuring tape in another coat, but luckily I had two 4 foot poles in the car and was able to estimate the row spacing fairly… [Read more…]
April 7, 2012
This week Thursday I did my first bit of outdoor planting. I don’t trust March to stay warm, but spinach needs cold weather to germinate, so I decided to give it a try. Have you planted anything outdoors yet?
March 31, 2012
Just a quick garden update today: My Red Romaine is the first to sprout. Yay germination!
March 30, 2012
This last week has been very busy, but I did manage to get some gardening done, despite the chilly turn our weather has taken in Michigan. This year I’m trying a new method to time my plantings, called gardening by the moon. My Grandmother recommends it, and I trust her gardening advice. To that end,… [Read more…]
May 19, 2012
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