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This year we are very excited to try a new technique with our garden beds. We have been doing a lot of reading lately on different methods to maximize our garden fertility and keep out weeds, while saving us time and effort. This year we are putting down a thick layer of mulch on […] Continue reading Mulch Makes it Better 
Every spring we are so surprised at how much there is to clean up. The grass is turning green, and soon (probably this week) it will be time to mow. Before we can do that, though, there are leaves, sticks, dead plants, flower beds to clean up, and even a few toys that were left […] Continue reading Thoughts for a Monday Morning 
Its monday again and time for an update from the greenhouse and garden. We had an interesting week last week with the greenhouse. The temperature fluctuations that we had in the weather made keeping a steady temperature very difficult. With the way we have it constructed when the sun comes out it heats up very […] Continue reading Seedlings, Compost and Spring 
Easter was early this year, or so they tell me. So Monday morning I knew that I had better get our potatoes in. They usually say that Good Friday is when you ought to put in potatoes, but It was so cold I didn’t dare. So at the start of this week we mustered […] Continue reading New Potatoes 
Last year we resolved that we would build a greenhouse so we could start our own seeds for the 2013 garden. There were many ways to accomplish this goal, and we researched them all, from pre-built models to DIY plans for sale on the internet. We searched and studied until we finally decided what we […] Continue reading The Ad Hoc Greenhouse |
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