Category Archives: gardens
Plan and Prepare-Garden
Well, this very dry year has been eye openning to say that least, I have never had so little rain ever, we have our own tracking system and even when the area’s around us get rain, we are getting nothing, … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Chores, compost, dry land planting spacing, Frugal, Garden, Goals, growing your own wheat, Hugelbeet, hugelculture, mulch, Veggies
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Garden Monday..
Well, its Garden Monday, but the truth is, I am waiting for rain, but there has been a few things, I was able to collect and put away pint jar of radish seeds for sprouting in winter time, it should … Continue reading
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What’s working in the garden in this heat and drought..
Well, most of you know that I love to try a number of different things in the garden, and I have had alot of success with my no-till, dry land planting spacing and with my mulching.. Having said that, this … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, dry land planting, Food Forest, Garden, Greens, Hugelbeet, hugelculture, underground compost pits
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Green composting in place
I was able to watch some of Back To Eden yesterday and I will certainly plan to watch the rest, I was about 40 min into it and I very much liked the idea of how he creates soil but once … Continue reading
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Tagged Burdock, compost, Compost Tea, Garden, Greens, Health, Stinging Nettles
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Garden Monday-A little walkabout on some of my coming fruit bushes.
So many things in bloom or forming fruit, its awesome.. Take a little walk with me while I check things out.. Mulberries are loaded this year.. I tend to eat these fresh sun warmed but also they make a awesome pie! My … Continue reading
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Garden Count so far-April/May 2012
20 foot Bush Beans-April 30 Potato plants-April Raddish 6 feet-April Kolarbi-6 feet-April Mixed greens-8 and 10 feet rows Spinach-8 foot row 20 feet of pea’s-April 100 Garlic bulbs -Last fall and doing well 54 tomato plants -Nine kinds-May 36 pepper … Continue reading
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This years current fruit count…to date..2012
Apple Tree’s-Farm-No Wild Pick-Yes Crabapple-Farm-yes, Wild-Yes Plums-Farm -yes- Wild-Yes Cherry Trees-Yes Peach Trees-Yes Mulberry tree-Yes High Bush Cranberry-Yes Elderberries-Yes BlackChokeberry-Yes Pincherry-Yes Blueberries-Yes Gooseberries-Yes Currents-White-Yes Currents-Black-Yes Currents-Red-Yes Honeyberries-Yes Rasberries-Red-Yes Rasberries-Yellow-Yes Rashberries-Black-Yes Blackberries-Yes Strawberries-Yes Hardy Kiwi-Yes but I am planning on knocking … Continue reading
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Garden Monday
Well, I didn’t get much done in the garden on the weekend, but hubby worked on it for a bit on the saturday when he was puttering around.. he got a new row of strawberries done, plus cleared the area … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Garden, Greens, Herbs, Veggies, Wild Foods
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Garden Monday- Apples/Ontario, Sea of Blue and Plants Swap..
Well, we all worried that this would happen, and here is the lastest news.. Sigh.. “A catastrophic freeze has wiped out about 80 per cent of Ontario’s apple crop and has the province’s fruit industry looking at losses already estimated … Continue reading
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