Category Archives: Garden

Five ways to protect plants and get them in the ground early

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Spring

Usually I figure that April first is the earliest date that I would even THINK about planting the summer crops, but… this year I decided to walk on the wild side and plant mid March. It seemed like winter was … Continue reading →

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Making lemonade out of a fallen tree?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Spring

The funny thing about this (haha hardly) is the tree didn’t break where I feared it would. It cracked apart in a totally different place that I would never have guessed. I suppose it is yet another lesson for me … Continue reading →

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Was I a chicken?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Spring

I chickened out. Pulled out of the land purchase – too many problems! Sadly, though. And so I licked my wounds and had a talk with Kalliopi, our lead hen. Being a chicken is a good thing, she proudly feels. … Continue reading →

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Water water everywhere, but not a drop in my sink.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Spring

It isn’t looking good folks. Inspections today and lots of phrases like, “What the- I have never seen anything like that in the 20 years I’ve been servicing wells, maybe once something like it…” and lots of numbers like $20,000 … Continue reading →

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BEANS

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Spring

They’re all done now – ONE job finished until this job last year.  I really did myself proud with the pure volume of legumes I stuck in the ground, then yanked out again.  After I yanked out the piles (may … Continue reading →

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Borlotti Beans.

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Spring

I’m harvesting my borlotti beans and re-planting the vacant beds with more of them.  (It’s not too late to plant beans if you haven’t gotten around to it – and Borlotti Beans are a great dried bean to grow.  Sigh. … Continue reading →

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Ground Cherries

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Spring

Just as I was certain I’d done all my planting for the season I found some plants I couldn’t say no to.  Ground Cherries – and they were at ACE Hardware, of all places.  I’d had ground cherries atop a … Continue reading →

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From sprinkling to weeping- that’s irrigation talk, btw.

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Spring

My irrigation system has, to this point, consisted of a series of sprinkling emitters.  That has been great except for two things.  1) The sprinklers sprinkle a variable area depending on the water pressure and, it seems: the lunar calendar, … Continue reading →

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View of the Quarter Acre Farm

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Spring

People have asked just what the farm looks like – they see it in dribs and drabs, and can’t tell if it is huge, teensy, sprawling, congested…so here’s a look. I climbed a ladder and took a few pictures trying … Continue reading →

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It’s TIME FOR THE GARDEN PLAN!

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Spring

For most people it was St. Patrick’s Day, but for me, it was even better.  Instead of beer and corned beef, it was a trip to the nursery.  Instead of wearing green, I wore my new garden hat and wrote … Continue reading →

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