Life In The Slow Lane
Posted in Gardening on Apr 6th, 2010
I learned a lot about gardening from James Crockett. His PBS television show “Crockett’s Victory Garden” was must-see TV for me as a young adult. It was there I first learned about season extenders like cold frames and cloches. And it was also there that I first learned about composting. When a book from the [...]
Posted in Gardening on Mar 30th, 2010
I took a walk around the gardens this week to take some photos and see how things are coming along this spring. I think it’s nice to document the progress everything is making, and the photos come in handy later on when dates and details get fuzzy.
The window boxes I planted early in March have [...]
Posted in Gardening on Mar 8th, 2010
This week’s harvest added some baby spinach to the mix. I made a wilted spinach salad with some hot balsamic vinaigrette, orange sections and walnuts.
The spinach was harvested when I did the final thinning from one of the greenhouse beds. I have more thinning to do, so we’ll have that to eat next week perhaps. [...]
Posted in Gardening on Feb 13th, 2010
Last month I wrote about the seedlings I started for our March salads. I thought I would give a little update on how they are doing.
The seeds were started in this 200-cell plug tray. After one week, they were up and growing and ready for transplanting.
I transplanted most of the seedlings into cell paks a [...]
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