“It sounds dumb, but sometimes I think that I garden just so that I can compost. It’s actually really interesting and fun to see a bunch of dead junk turn into pure black gold.”
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If you watch 1 gardening video all year, make it this one!
A complete guide to soil microbiology.
After I finished shoveling out a path in front of the house for our postal carrier, I gathered my implements and headed back to the side door only to realize I’d forgotten to bring our compost bowl outside. I headed towards the bin anyway, thinking to forge a trail through the drifts from the comfort of my snowsuit and to see what visitors we might have had. Then I spotted something I hadn’t seen in the near four years we’ve been here. Continue reading “First deer track sighting in the back yard.”
If you’re gardening on a budget and need an idea for a thrifty bed border that isn’t plastic, save your TP and paper towel rolls. (Don’t use the bleached type if you can help it.) Continue reading “Compostable bed borders”
Just came in from dumping scraps in the compost. Everything is frosty, and wow the ground under my wellie booted feet was hard as rocks when I did a quick walk around. I just checked as I was writing this, and the temperature had just risen to 32°F. Continue reading “The year is already getting away from me.”
A victorious day in which the new leaf bin finally happened! Continue reading “Garden Growth–1st May, 2019”
Still not feeling up to par, and the intermittent rain made it easy to not do much of anything. Continue reading “Garden Growth–29th April, 2019”
Stop dithering and either make two small leaf bins, or figure out how to make the time to clear out all the tiny saplings for the larger spot you and your partner picked but haven’t made time to clear yet. I’ve already put too many leaves in the compost, though I did at least make sure to make them somewhat easy to take out later. Sorry about the dithering! Do better than current me, please. [Later Note: Woo! Done!]
The rains did come in various waves, and the rain barrel filled completely, so it was easy to fill one jug between the rains. Temperatures hit higher than expected to just above 70°F. Did more inside than out today. Continue reading “Garden Growth–20th April, 2019”
I tried to get as much in as I could today because there’s a lot of rain predicted in the next couple of days, and it was too windy to finish moving the compost yesterday. Cooler today, but definitely broke 60° F this afternoon. Continue reading “Garden Growth–17th April, 2019”
