Happy Monday, everyone! We’re coming off an amazing weekend here (temperatures up close to 70 degrees) and according the forecast, we’re supposed to have a full week of 60 and 70 degree weather with lows above freezing! Crazy. I opened up the hoop houses yesterday and decided it was going to be warm enough to just leave them open overnight…
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A couple of weeks ago I posted about the all paper seed pods I was experimenting with. While they’ve worked out just fine, I’ve adapted my process a bit and am now using both toilet paper rolls and newspaper. The toilet paper rolls offer just a bit more support than the newspaper alone and I’ve been pretty happy with the…
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Propagating Mint
Last fall, before everything died back, we trimmed some mint and put it in some water until it rooted. Once rooted, it was put in a pot under the new grow lights. Now that spring is upon us, I’ve been thinking about where to plant that mint when it’s time to plant everything out. Then, it dawned on me (yeah…sometimes…
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Happy Friday, everyone!!! Man, has this week felt crazy to anyone else? Not sure what’s going on, but it’s been a little batty around here. Well, thank goodness for Fridays and warm weather…I could really use some meditative time in the yard… 🙂 Plant something (under grow lights)…I’m kind of out of control: Loofah Eggplant Italian Heirloom Tomatoes Yellow Taxi…
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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what to actually plant in our new Pallet Beds since, before last Friday, they hadn’t fully existed in our imaginations, let alone in our yard 😉 Until then we thought we’d just put a fence around the new bee space…this is so much better though! See, sometimes Tool Lady and I…
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In a Couple of Months…
These little cuties will be giving us… A lot more of these! WooHoo!!! We’ve gone through periods of egg shortages this winter, but I’m thinking/hoping that won’t be the case next year 😉