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Mad Men Party!

2011-06-28T14:30:00.000-05:00

June 21, 2011

Post in progress.....

Planting Calendar

2011-03-23T13:10:00.000-05:00

It is so confusing to me because so many calendars are alphabetical, but I like to see things by month so I made my own calendar. :)

Clean up and planting

2011-03-22T13:08:00.001-05:00

I cleaned up the garden today, and directly sowed peas, spinach, arugula, carrots, kale, and broccoli.

Building Day!

2011-03-19T15:45:00.002-05:00

Amending the soil.

Building one of the raised beds.

Yep, the table and benches work just fine!

Go Green Club!

Recycled garden art

2011-02-22T19:07:00.000-06:00

Better Homes and Gardens always has great ideas for the garden, but these recycled plastic flowers made from toys and other materials are very cool.

Microgreens!

2011-02-09T14:11:00.003-06:00

Last Wednesday, February 2, I planted several varieties of seeds for microgreens, and they started sprouting this weekend. Arugula poked through the dirt first, followed by broccoli, peas, and finally spinach. In less than a week we should have some edible greens!

Click on the title for more info, and check out this primer from Organic Gardening here.

Yes, we had a blizzard!

2011-02-09T09:01:00.001-06:00

February 1 -2, 2011

Winter

2011-01-20T14:03:00.006-06:00

Tomatoes!

2010-07-24T15:32:00.000-05:00

So far not a bad selection of tomatoes have already ripened.

Today in the garden.

2010-07-13T15:35:00.009-05:00

The Sungold tomatoes are just starting to ripen, and the eggplant is looking good. The dill has bloomed and is so beautiful!

Hopefully I will get some squash this year. The flying saucer has some nice blooms - we will see if they turn into fruit.

Concrete leaf birdbaths or feeders.

2010-05-31T16:05:00.000-05:00

Sophia did a great job on the leaf casts...

What's Blooming? May 9 - 15

2010-05-16T08:46:00.001-05:00

Heirloom Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant

2010-05-12T20:08:00.003-05:00

I planted 8 different tomatoes today, mostly heirloom, classic eggplant, tomatillo, cubanella pepper, tasty poblano pepper, and golden California wonder bell pepper. I got them all at Keller's Farmstand in Oswego because they have a wide variety and great prices. This year I got Brandywine, Yellow Brandywine, Green Zebra, Supersonic, Arkansas Traveler, Black Plum, Black Cherry, and Sweet 100's. I wish that they would have had Sungold, but since they I didn't and I ran out of seed last year, I will have to look elsewhere. I did not water, but it is supposed to rain a lot tonight and tomorrow morning. I am also banking on it not getting into the 40's anynore!

What's Blooming? May 2 - 8

2010-05-08T08:45:00.002-05:00

What's Blooming? April 25 - May 1

2010-05-02T08:44:00.000-05:00

What's Blooming? April 18 - 24

2010-04-24T08:44:00.001-05:00

What's Blooming? April 11 - 17

2010-04-17T08:43:00.002-05:00

What's Blooming? April 4-10

2010-04-10T08:41:00.002-05:00

Into the garden.

2010-04-07T08:56:00.002-05:00

I transplanted the broccoli, kale, and dill into the garden today.

Transplanting Tomatoes - Again!

2010-04-05T08:48:00.003-05:00

Before I get my early tomatoes in the ground, I needed to transplant them into a bigger pot one more time.

Here they are before transplanting:

And after:

One of them has buds!!

Ok Go!

2010-03-22T16:42:00.002-05:00

Outdoor seed planting.

2010-03-18T08:45:00.000-05:00

In the ground, today:
golden beets
red beets
dash spinach
unknown spinach
mr. big pea
arugula
lettuce

Transplanting!

2010-03-18T07:43:00.000-05:00

My how the little ones have grown! It was time to find bigger homes for my tomatoes and broccoli, so I just transplanting everything today. I have lots of extras to share with friends now, which is cool!

Here are the tomatoes before I split them up, snap of the first set of baby leaves, and plant as deep as I could into a bigger pot.

Here are the kale sprouts about to get new digs.

All done! I have a tray in the bigger pots, and a tray of the sprouts planted back into their cells, but all alone this time. No sharing!

So far so good!

2010-03-06T08:48:00.003-06:00

Well, the tomatoes, kale, broccoli, and dill are doing great. The leeks, not so much. No sign of life...yet!

Grow food, save money!

2010-03-05T19:26:00.001-06:00

At DailyKos

Tomato and Dill!

2010-02-28T14:04:00.002-06:00

Yesterday the tomato and dill sprouts both just started to peek out from the dirt. Today, they are standing tall enough to take a picture!

Brocolli!

2010-02-25T19:39:00.003-06:00

I heard Vicki Nowicki speak yesterday, and she was very inspiring!

Kale sprouts!

2010-02-23T18:36:00.002-06:00

So a mere 3 days ago I placed tiny seeds in dirt, and low and behold, I already have sprouts. Kale is the first seed to peek out to see the sun. How can something this tiny be so exciting!

Seeds!

2010-02-20T20:11:00.001-06:00

Planted today:

Dill
Polefast Tomatoes
Redbor Kale
Leeks
Broccoli

Elliot in the pond

2009-09-06T15:49:00.000-05:00

The plants all around the pond are looking fantastic this year!

Garden Beds

2009-08-26T11:30:00.002-05:00

All the beds around the house as they look at the end of August.

Canna

2009-08-25T13:02:00.000-05:00

Web

2009-07-19T07:19:00.002-05:00

I really do hate spiders, but this web was so beautiful I could not resist.

Change Has Come

2009-01-21T18:39:00.010-06:00

IMHO, this is a great quick recap of inauguration day. It doesn't start until 1:50, so after you press play move the grey arrow near the bottom to that point.

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