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Showing posts with label Composting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Composting. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
A Great Raised Bed Garden Tutorial!!
I found this today and just have to share it!
I love what she does with her chicken coops ... Brilliant!
Enjoy!
I love what she does with her chicken coops ... Brilliant!
Enjoy!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Bugs, Weeds ... Be Afraid .... Be Very Afraid ....
FitzGyver is fond of saying "The right tool for the job"...
This is the tool ...
I found some worms in my cabbages ...
Bye, bye bugs! You're compost now!
And a weed next to one of my raised beds ...
Gone!
A very organic solution to the problem, don't you think?
FitzGyver tells a tale of a neighbor who went after his moles with an assault rifle ... hmmmm....
FitzGyver tells a tale of a neighbor who went after his moles with an assault rifle ... hmmmm....
; )
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
May Garden Chores ..
May 1 was Beltane, the Celtic celebration of the mid-point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice and the beginning of the summer season. Using my "Five Season Garden Planner" it is the start of my early summer planting of the vegetables that need warm soil and longer days to germinate and thrive.
Seed Starting
It's time to start summer and winter squash, pumpkins and cucumbers that will be transplanted to the garden the first week of June. In a normal year it would be time to be direct sowing pole and bush beans, but because this has been such a cold spring, I have started my beans in the potting shed under lights. I have also started a dozen corn plants; I'm going to try "Three Sisters" plantings in two of my half wine barrels out in The Garden. It is also time to start leeks that will be planted in July for Autumn harvest. The first week of May is also a good time time look at your seed inventory and order any that you will need for mid-Summer and Autumn planting.
Direct Sowing
Carrots and beets can be direct sown (I really recommend using seed mats as demonstrated here by Annie's Granny) the first week of May. That is a second crop of carrots in The Farm as I "pushed" the season with "The Great Carrot Caper" experiment. Remember those tiny little carrot starts I planted on March 15?
Well, here they are today :) I'll have to wait until I harvest the carrots before I call the experiment a success, but it's sure looking good (wish I had done the same thing with my early beet crop!)
Under normal conditions bush and pole beans could be direct sown now, but with this cold weather we are having I am starting mine under lights with a germination heating mat.
With our continued cool spring a second crop of brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc.) could be direct sown now. The ones I started back in February and planted in March under cover are looking pretty good ...
Transplant
Tomato and basil starts can be transplanted to raised beds under cover now.
Compost
Lawns are starting to need mowing now (if you haven't ripped them all out for edibles! We keep a small patch of lawn for our dogs to enjoy). Hopefully you are composting all those lawn clippings, as well as any portions or your harvests that don't go into a meal.
Enjoy
Carly, Taffy and I take time every day to do a "walkabout". We tour and enjoy the garden (the dogs are mainly on the lookout for squirrels that could be chased :) I look for spots that need a little work and think about next year; should I try a different variety? Plant in a different place? Please make sure that you take the time to ...
Enjoy!
Seed Starting
It's time to start summer and winter squash, pumpkins and cucumbers that will be transplanted to the garden the first week of June. In a normal year it would be time to be direct sowing pole and bush beans, but because this has been such a cold spring, I have started my beans in the potting shed under lights. I have also started a dozen corn plants; I'm going to try "Three Sisters" plantings in two of my half wine barrels out in The Garden. It is also time to start leeks that will be planted in July for Autumn harvest. The first week of May is also a good time time look at your seed inventory and order any that you will need for mid-Summer and Autumn planting.
Direct Sowing
Carrots and beets can be direct sown (I really recommend using seed mats as demonstrated here by Annie's Granny) the first week of May. That is a second crop of carrots in The Farm as I "pushed" the season with "The Great Carrot Caper" experiment. Remember those tiny little carrot starts I planted on March 15?
Well, here they are today :) I'll have to wait until I harvest the carrots before I call the experiment a success, but it's sure looking good (wish I had done the same thing with my early beet crop!)
Under normal conditions bush and pole beans could be direct sown now, but with this cold weather we are having I am starting mine under lights with a germination heating mat.
With our continued cool spring a second crop of brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc.) could be direct sown now. The ones I started back in February and planted in March under cover are looking pretty good ...
Transplant
Tomato and basil starts can be transplanted to raised beds under cover now.
Compost
Lawns are starting to need mowing now (if you haven't ripped them all out for edibles! We keep a small patch of lawn for our dogs to enjoy). Hopefully you are composting all those lawn clippings, as well as any portions or your harvests that don't go into a meal.
Enjoy
Carly, Taffy and I take time every day to do a "walkabout". We tour and enjoy the garden (the dogs are mainly on the lookout for squirrels that could be chased :) I look for spots that need a little work and think about next year; should I try a different variety? Plant in a different place? Please make sure that you take the time to ...
Enjoy!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Harvest Monday...and my FitzGyver'd Barrels....
I had a couple of small harvests of greens and lettuce this week...sorry, no pictures : ( I used some of the greens to make a dish I'm calling pork chops with beans 'n greens. I made it up as I was cooking it and it was great! I'll pay attention to what and how much when I make it again and get a photo and a recipe posted.... I'm joining other bloggers over at Daphne's Dandelions as we share our weekly harvests...it's fun to see what others are harvesting and what they are cooking up with it...check it out!
Not much happened in the garden over the weekend...the weather wasn't too bad on Saturday so I took a play day and went diving with Mike at Sund Rock on the Hood Canal. And Sunday the weather was awful so I curled up next to the fireplace with a good book :)
Today I wanted to show you what FitzGyver has engineered for my garden from polyethylene drums...this is my new rain barrel...
I found the old dippers and bucket hiding in a corner of our tool shed...aren't they cute?
And these are our composters....one for new stuff and one for compost in progress....
For information on composting and buying or making your own composters try:
Composting 101
Seattle Composting Guide
Building A Drum Composter
Enjoy!
Not much happened in the garden over the weekend...the weather wasn't too bad on Saturday so I took a play day and went diving with Mike at Sund Rock on the Hood Canal. And Sunday the weather was awful so I curled up next to the fireplace with a good book :)
Today I wanted to show you what FitzGyver has engineered for my garden from polyethylene drums...this is my new rain barrel...
I found the old dippers and bucket hiding in a corner of our tool shed...aren't they cute?
And these are our composters....one for new stuff and one for compost in progress....
For information on composting and buying or making your own composters try:
Composting 101
Seattle Composting Guide
Building A Drum Composter
Enjoy!
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