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In the Garden – Late July

In the Garden – Late July

The garden in late July of years past has been a bit of a beast. We tend to find ourselves at the tail end or smack dab in the middle of our monsoon season and, truly, there's no better magic than water that falls from the sky in the form of actual rain when it comes to how a garden…
July 24, 2014
Last Seasons Clean Up

Last Seasons Clean Up

What happens when you put off cleaning up parts of the yard?  Yeah...you wind up being forced to do it before you get to put some new seeds in the ground.The over-sized bean trellis we created last year utilizing two of our beds and the top of our portal was beautiful and very productive. However, it's also incredibly difficult to…
May 8, 2013
Sunflowers & Cucumbers

Sunflowers & Cucumbers

I've read that planting sunflowers and cucumbers together can sweeten the flavor of the cukes while providing them a natural trellis to climb.  While I've never seen it done, I've decided to try it in the garden this year and am hopeful for gorgeous sunflowers and delicious cukes!Have you ever tried this?  Please share your stories!xoxo,MEnjoy this space?  Please vote…
May 6, 2013
Amending and Fertilizing

Amending and Fertilizing

We've set the intention this year to build our soil up.  You know, all the tons of soil we've brought/hauled/shoveled in?  Yeah, that soil ;-) We figure that, since we plant heavily and harvest amazingly from our humble soil, we should give back a little.  So, compost, compost tea, soil builder, a little bit of new top soil and a…
April 18, 2013
Spring Projects (Inspired by Pinterest)

Spring Projects (Inspired by Pinterest)

  Since beginning our journey into the world of urban farming a few years ago, it feels as though we've been go, go, going non-stop. From the removal of rocks to the building of beds to the tearing out of old Junipers to the shoveling of soil to the planning and implementing and back breaking, down and dirty, actual work, we've…
April 16, 2013
2013 Potatoes

2013 Potatoes

Our success with backyard grown potatoes has been mixed.  Our first year, we were mildly successful with the few random sprouting potatoes we had in the pantry that we stuck in some dirt.  Not very intentional, but it worked out OK and we got a few yummy spuds for our effort.The second year, we purchased some German Butterballs from Seed…
April 14, 2013