14 days ago
by rramos50361 |
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I have not posted in a few days. There really wasn’t much going on yesterday and today. We have rain forecasted for tomorrow. Tuesday I will more than likely plant my cukes and even more onions. People at church today have given me the idea of setting up after service to allow them to buy the veggies or to do a community sponsored agriculture. I have brainstormed the idea already. We’ll see where that goes.
Hopefully by the end of next week, I will have my chicken pens built. I...
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18 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Feb 25/10
After having completed plan A and plan B I think I have settled on my final (oh that’s funny) plan for 2010.
Plants ordered include:
honeyberry bushes (my blog)
goji berry
cranberry
seabuckthorn
persimmon tree
I currently have a stretch of blueberry bushes that require acidic soil and the cranberries require the same type. Although I think I’ll just continue the line down along a path I might decide at the last minute to plant them “side by si...
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23 days ago
by Robin |
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Thanks to Debbie’s instructions and a Google Earth map, I was able to make this map showing most of our property. It was really fun to see how everything ties together. Although you cannot tell from the map, the land behind our house is quite sloped. There is a 40 foot change in elevation from the house to the ponds. Because the map is from Google, it is oriented so that north is straight up.
Map Legend:
Dark Purple circle – Mature Heartnut tree
Light Purple circles – H...
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25 days ago
by StarrsWife |
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Each day I seem to wake in a different “zone” than I went to sleep in, lol. With highs in the mid 40’s and winter coats traded in for sweaters or hoodies, it just FEELS like getting your hands and knees dirty in the garden….then BAM! I wake up to Christmas! Snow covered EVERYTHING, ice scrapers and a ten minute freeze job just to take kids to school…... and BAM! Next day wake up to not a drop of ice or snow to be seen, it somehow ALL MELTED overnight….. isn...
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27 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Feb 16/10
In case anyone is interested, I thought I’d show how I created my garden plans. There are many ways of doing things and this may not be the simplest but it’s how I do it.
1. SCREENSHOT: I use a photo of my property taken from Google Earth. I’m pretty sure there is no copyright issues around this as long as you give Google Earth credit. So—credit to Google Earth :)To take the photo I use the screen print option. (on the Mac it is shift-control-3). I then...
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28 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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Feb 15/10
This morning I had a thought (this is where Rick says, “uh oh”). As my gardens expand I’m slowly running out of open space that is blessed with full sun.
I still want to plant some more trees – fruit trees. (I think my Carolinian Forest planting has come to an end. I have a nice selection and my priorities now are on self-reliance, so edible produce.) The dilemma with “more trees” is that more trees equals more shade and I want to create som...
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39 days ago
by StarrsWife |
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No pics at this time, but al of my seeds germinated very well! I added another cake dome thing with some store bought flower seeds as a control cuz I wasn’t sure if my saved seeds from my pepper plants and store bought tomatoes were gonna work, and the ratio was definitely in favor of the flowers, but I did have a bunch of pepper/mater seeds sprout! Now I have to figure out which is pepper and which is mater, lol! Oh, I have also taken them out and put them into the sunshine, but still ...
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55 days ago
by Robin |
25 comments »
Permaculture is a set of techniques and principles to design and implement sustainable human settlements. It is dependent on place and each garden is different, with diverse climates, resources and needs. This book seeks to aid the gardener in finding the potential of his/her garden, treating the entire property, including the buildings, as part of a living and dynamic ecosystem. I recommend this book to anyone who is also trying to “grow their way to freedom”. The book is geared toward a...
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56 days ago
by StarrsWife |
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So tomorrow is big trash day in my neighborhood, so I couldn’t resist driving around and taking a look since it only comes once every three months, lol…. and I found a couple shower doors (lil hothouse or cold box perhaps?) and a very new looking and sturdy resin table to use inside new greenhouse until shelving is built :)
I also found a BRAND NEW Champion punching bad for DH and DS16 but that is not part of my garden attempt :)
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58 days ago
by StarrsWife |
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I am attempting a garden again this year, with zero budget, lol I am scrounging to find all the items I may still have from all of my flower gardening of the past, and the few things I had accumulated last year when I had a pepper/mater garden :)
Items Scrounged So Far:
Several plastic deli dishes with clear dome lids20 gal aquariumxmas lights for bottom heat3 kinds of tomato seeds and several kinds of papper seeds saved from last yearunused seed packs from veggies last yearseveral bags...
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