2013. Seriously. It was 2013 when I found out about hugelkultur and decided I’d give it a shot! Everyone wanted me to test drive it, and avoid the work themselves… well, five years later, I think it’s a success… and now I’m five years ahead of “everybody”! Posting on my iPad doesn’t let me link…
Tag: garden
That Works
I’ve noticed bright, colorful flower pots for sale… a rainbow of colors. I’ve been tempted… might as well have some color in your flowerbeds before the flowers actually BLOOM. But you know me, I didn’t want to spend the $$$ for a colored plastic pot. I have all sorts of boring, black, white, and clay…
Half a Mile to Go
I alternate between cleaning my house and outdoor chores… too often I ignore my house in favor of “playing”, so it’s about time I do more than a swipe and a swish to clean things up! It *is* SPRING… While cleaning my light fixtures of bugs is rewarding… it’s not very photogenic… it isn’t very…
Sounds Like Work
If you see me tomorrow, and I’m walking a bit slow… it’s because I rototilled on my garden for a bit… then I rode my bike clear to the mailbox at the other place (roundtrip of six miles)… then I came home and mowed my lawn with my little mower. It’s like pushing a mower…
Sweet
It’s starting to cool off here… acting like October! I put away two of my large flower pots for the winter… I had sweet potato vine growing in them for the summer… and I thought…. well, might as well dig down and see if they did anything. Yup. Enough for a couple of servings. Who…
Deadline
Nothing like a deadline to kick me into gear! I’ll be heading back to help Victoria some more with baby Matthew, so I had to get stuff done around here. I did manage to do a fair amount, though, as usual… never as much as I thought I could do! My yard is raked again…
A Shot at Straw Bale Gardening
We had a bit of rain and snow this morning… great for moisture, which we really need! I worked outside and in today… Here’s my straw bales this morning… I have them in an “E” shape, with the brace left over from last year’s pole beans as a support along the back. The smaller poles…
Garden Plans
With the weather being so nice (barring the wind), my garden is ahead of schedule. It’s rototilled and fertilized and ready to go. There’s a few things I’m doing different, though. First of all, I didn’t “clean” it like usual. I left everything but tomatoes and squash vines in the garden over the winter, letting…
Hugelkultur Zwei
Long ago… well, in May of 2013, I started building my hugelkultur bed. It was a simple test and I didn’t get too carried away just because if it failed, I didn’t want too big of a mess to clean up! Well… my opinion now is… It’s a success! My small L-shaped bed was great…
Break for Cake
Well, the guys AI’d just a few heifers… so I didn’t go down. I’ve been trying to get my yard in shape plus get my garden started and it’s taking HOURS and HOURS! I’m very close with my yard, just a few more limbs to trim so I can mow under them… and a smidge…
Corn Love
My day started with a laundry basket almost full of corn… Not a ton, but a good amount. So, I jumped in! First you place your corn in boiling water for 4 minutes… then blanch it in ice water… then drain. I like having a small board with a nail driven through it to place…
Questions and Answers – August 2013 Edition
LightNING and rain passed north and south of us… Here’s hoping for no fire calls! Let’s get going! Marilyn: Questions: how do the doggies react during thunder and lightning? how did you select the name, “Dally”? Lucas was not scared of lightNING/thunder until I got Elsa. Elsa, as an Oklahoma dog, was SCARED of…