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Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!We've got some more greens to report this week!  Enough to actually make a couple of small salads!  I checked on our wagons again and things are looking steadily better, I even poked my finger around a few carrots and they seem to be sizing up nicely :-)  I restrained myself from picking a few, but my patience…
January 30, 2012
Seeds & Soon-To-Be-Sprouts

Seeds & Soon-To-Be-Sprouts

I may be getting a bit ahead of myself here, but I'm longing for spring and feeling like testing a few boundaries.  Since we have our grow lights in place, happily helping along our greens, some herbs and even a few bush beans, I figured it was worth a little experimentation in tomatoes and peppers as well. I planted 3…
January 24, 2012
Greens and Grow Lights

Greens and Grow Lights

When we first set up our grow lights, we planted a few flats of greens, sprouts, micro greens and wheat grass just to see what would happen.  Well, it's actually been really great!  We've harvested enough for several meals (salads and greens for sandwiches) and have juiced wheat grass several times. We learned that wheat grass (like regular grass) will…
January 17, 2012
Greens Under the Grow Lights

Greens Under the Grow Lights

Shortly after the grow lights went up, the seeds went in!  We're growing wheat grass, a variety of greens and sprouts for now and will experiment with different varieties throughout the winter to see what grows the best and the fastest inside in the dead of winter.They all might be quite small, but there are lots of true leaves, which…
December 5, 2011
Reflections & Preparations

Reflections & Preparations

My dad was born 55 years ago today and is, hands down, the best man I know.He is exactly 20 years and 6 days older than I am and there are no words that can describe how incredibly grateful I am to be his daughter.  Happy Birthday, Dad!!!My dad has been a vegetarian my whole life, so each time I…
November 23, 2011

DIY – Grow Light Stand

Happy (early) Birthday to me!!! On Sunday, Tool Lady built me a surprise!  A Grow Light Stand!!!  She got the plans from growgardentomatoes.com, made all the cuts in the garage, brought it into the Living Room to put together (she likes to watch TV while she's building things) and the whole time I could NOT figure out what she was making!…
November 15, 2011
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