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by on April 23, 2008 in General

The strawberries seem to be ok after all that cold, I see more green. One plant isn’t doing well, but the other 23 are growing.

Chris’ cousin gave us these hangers (among a bunch of other stuff) and I just had to get the hanging containers….just have to find something quick growing and affordable to put in them. Fuschias are SO expensive! Bleeding hearts are too big, at least I haven’t found a dwarf variety yet, so I’m thinking lavender…


Warming up….sort of

by on April 22, 2008 in General

Well, the super cold system is gone. It left over 2 feet of snow on our friend in Alberta, Canada though LOL It’s not real warm, about 45-50 right now, but warm enough to start hardening off the seedlings. So they are spending their first day outside, on the front porch, to start getting acclimated to the air and wind and cold. The rain isn’t supposed to let up until Thursday-Friday, so we’ll get the garden finished tilling then, plant the potatoes which are more then ready, and put the pea/vine trellis up.

Yard Work

by on April 17, 2008 in General

The front yard has these curved areas wrapping around the front and side of the house, and along the sidewalk and into the side yard, they’re full of roses and rhododendrons, a big wisteria and other bushes. The weeds in these areas have gotten pretty crazy since we moved in, but we started tackling it with the Mantis and my new weeder hoe thing and wow, it looks so much nicer out there. There’s still a ton of work to do, but I’m trying to tackle it a little at a time to keep from killing myself and getting another sunburn.

It’s supposed to freeze every night this weekend, so I’ll be covering the strawberries later on, it’s really nice out right now, about 60 degrees.

Tilling the garden

by on March 22, 2008 in General

  • Got the tilling mostly done (it needs another pass).
  • Mowed the back yard.
  • Started a “proper” compost – half buried a 32 gallon plastic trash can in the ground and filled it with some of the “compost” I’ve been making (grass clippings) and the kitchen scraps I saved up this week. The can has holes drilled in the bottom and all over the sides, both above and below ground. Hoping it works well.
  • Got the wood and twine for the peas and beans
  • Got a new shovel cause I broke ours trying to dig up this evil bush (see pictures below, I’ll point out said evil bush), also got a weeding hoe and new rake to replace the one that was broken a while ago.
  • Sold our Orchard Heaters, got what my dad and I paid for them 12 years ago, which paid for a bunch of the gardening supplies.

Dirt+boys=summer long entertainment.

I decided to leave a section unplanted to play in, otherwise these 2 will be rolling in the vegetables.

Aiden totally…….digs……his tractor in this dirt (pun intended, sorry)

I’m just cute. And I eat dirt.

This is the huge root we ran into while tilling…had to dig a big hole and use the chainsaw to get it cut far enough down it wouldn’t affect the garden.

The garden…or what will be. The bushes are “the evil bushes” They’re right smack dab in the middle of the yard and right in front of the gate…I’m working on digging up about 2 feet of them from the gate to allow a good walkway.

Now that it’s mowed, here’s pictures of the backyard:

That red machine is the tiller we rented…it’s so powerful, I wish we could afford to buy one that size.

In this one, I’ve got cauliflower, broccoli, beefsteak tomato, and white onions sprouting so far.

and thyme and basil in this one