This has been another busy week for me and all I want to do is play in the dirt! Instead of, you know, working and getting close to finishing up my classes (research papers suck, by the way). I have to give myself “garden breaks” from time to time so I don’t hate school so much. OK…I guess that’s not…
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Well, it looks like we just might have made it through this last little cold snap OK. Everything that’s in the garden so far seems unharmed by the freezing temps we had the last few nights and for at least the next week our lowest low is supposed to be 38 degrees. SWEET! My main concern was the fruit trees…
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Happy Friday, everyone! Plant something: As April charges on, I’ve gone from feeling like I was doing too much planting too soon to feeling like I can’t get seeds into soil fast enough. Does that ever happen to you? Is there ever a plateau? Under the grow lights Marigolds Habanero peppers Jalapenos Shishito peppers Chocolate Beauty bell pepper California Wonder…
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Happy Friday, everyone! I hope the week has treated you well and the coming weekend is divine! Diving right in… Plant something: Believe it or not, I have not planted a single seed since last week. We hit a bit of a cold snap…rain, snow, grey grossness…for a few days and I was reminded that we still have a ways to…
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If our fruit trees don’t suffer a hard freeze for the next month and a half, this just might be our first year of real fruit harvests (you know, real as in more than 8 or 10 apples)! Oh, my fingers are crossed and I am so hopeful, but with the warm winter we’ve had everything is blooming way too…
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I’ve had a few requests for a post on how to build a top bar hive. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, I though it might be best to simply give you the link to the source. So, courtesy of Tool Lady, here’s the link… Free Top Bar Hive Plans Of course, Tool Lady tweaked them a bit, but this plan…
