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This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I think growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do Read More >>
When Monkey Boy and The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird were young, I would build them a bean teepee every summer. Back then, we lived on a .25 acre lot and because there was not an abundance of trees, I would purchase 6 foot bamboo poles at Home Depot. These days, we live in a more Read More >>
Recently, I received a nice email from Emilie in Quebec: “For this summer, I think about having lettuce, strawberries and tomatoes. (is it too much? I have class all summer too so I’ll have maybe 2-4 hours a day to give to gardening.) I know that I’m too late for most of the seeding process, but I don’t Read More >>
Things are really starting to heat up in the greenhouse… Remember when I planted the strawberries in gutters? Well, when I planted the strawberries, I was under the impression {from the Greenhouse Guy} that I would only need to water the strawberries two or three times during the summer. Boy was I {he} wrong. I’m Read More >>
Sometimes I think people are turned off by gardening because they don’t think they have they space. This morning I went out and harvested a large bowl full of salad greens. Salad greens I had started in a recycled wood pallet about 6 weeks ago. Tonight will be enjoying our very first “wood pallet salad.” Read More >>
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