Are We Being Robbed?!?

Are We Being Robbed?!?

Recently, Tool Lady and I saw some unusual behavior happening right outside our bee hive...The bees seemed to be moving very quickly and strangely right outside of the hive. At first we thought it was a robbery in progress.  You know, the whole fight to the death panic ensuing madness that happens when another entity is trying violently to steal…
July 10, 2011
Seed to Seed

Seed to Seed

A few months ago I decided to take the four season garden challenge hosted by Melinda over at One Green Generation.  The challenge is all about growing at least one new item in your yard each season. While some of the crops I mentioned in the initial posting about this challenge have failed (peanuts and echinacea) due to the incredibly hot and dry spring…
July 9, 2011
(Un)finished Projects

(Un)finished Projects

We finally finished the roofing on the Chicken Mansion!!!  If you remember, we built the massive mansion a couple of months ago thinking that it was almost complete.  As time has passed, it has become apparent that it needed some roofing so as to avoid wet chickens through the (as of yet imaginary) monsoon season and the eventual winter months.Aerial view of…
July 7, 2011
Tomatoes and (butt) Rot

Tomatoes and (butt) Rot

Last night as I was doing my usual rounds in the garden, I noticed that our Pear Tomatoes were looking a little...well...not normal.  Their butts were all brown!  Tool Lady quickly looked it up and we decided it was probably being caused by a calcium deficiency in the soil.  Well, shit! So we ran to the store and grabbed the…
July 4, 2011
Harvest Monday!!!

Harvest Monday!!!

This has been exciting week in Harvest Land for us!  We've finally gotten some color in the mix!!!Snap Peas (Round Two) = 14 peas (almost a whole ounce!)At the beginning of last week, our beet bed was full...Then, after I harvested every other beet, it looked like this...Beet total = 4 pounds 9 ounces!!!Basil = 11 leaves (not even measurable…
July 4, 2011

Seed Saving and Diversity of Crops

In the most current edition of National Geographic there were two food related articles that kicked my ass.  While I already had some of this information, these articles really drove home a few things for me.The first, How to Feed a Growing Planet talked briefly about how our 7 billion people will quickly (in the next 35 years) grow to…
July 2, 2011