Happy Friday, everyone! It’s been another wild week of unseasonably warm weather this week. All I want to do is put seeds in the ground, but I have to keep reminding myself that we still have almost two full months of potential frost. So, instead of putting seeds in the ground outside, I just keep putting more and more under…
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Hello everyone! I’d like to introduce, for the first time ever in this space, my Partner Kim (AKA Tool Lady)!!! She is going to explain how she built me what is quite possibly the best garden gift ever…a potting table!!! Full disclosure: there are a few pictures missing from this explanation since, while she was busy building, I was busy…
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Yesterday morning I got out and played in the garden for a bit. I’ve been wanting to plant some fava beans (broad beans) and some snap peas but keep getting distracted by work and school and wind and the bees and…well…a million other things. Of course, the yard is a mess. We’ve been working on several projects which usually means…
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Harvest Monday
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…
