Life In The Slow Lane
Posted in Gardening on Aug 4th, 2010
Things are cooking here at Happy Acres, both literally and figuratively. We are in the grips of another heat wave, with temps hitting 100F yesterday and heading for 102 today. And even though it’s been a hot, dry summer, the garden here is still producing great for us, with over 620 pounds harvested so far [...]
Posted in Gardening on Jun 20th, 2010
Our church garden is coming along nicely now, producing our first harvests last week. We took squash and cukes to two different organizations. The harvests are still small, but they will grow in size as the plants get bigger. All of the produce from this garden will go to food pantries and meal programs in [...]
Posted in Gardening on May 8th, 2010
…three tomato, four! I know that’s not the way the rhyme goes, but that’s the way I have felt in this Week Of Planting Tomatoes.
The tomato planting frenzy started Wednesday, when I planted 200 or so tomatoes in our Master Gardener food pantry garden. We also planted cantaloupes and watermelons that day, which means we [...]
Posted in Gardening on Apr 15th, 2010
It seems I have had little time for blogging this month, which is not surprising to me. April is usually a busy month here at Happy Acres.
For one thing, the greenhouse and plant racks are bursting at the seams with seedlings, divisions and transplants. I counted 39 flats today, and with an average of 50 [...]
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