I had an unbelievable find this morning. After having searched near and far for mushroom compost, finding that the local mushroom farm was now closed, finding that the only sources in the provinces were too far away… I had resigned myself to not having any for this garden season. I settled on just four composts [...]
Posts Tagged ‘square foot gardening’
Jun
17
Mushroom Compost!!
by heather
Tags: Canada, Fredericton, Loblaw's, mushroom compost, New Brunswick, President's Choice, square foot gardening, Superstore
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May
21
Waylaid by Rhubarb
by heather
Today was supposed to be day two of my square foot gardening building extravaganza. And I did get some work done… This morning I managed to finish building the 5 remaining boxes and tentatively placed them on the lawn, working a little bit to level the areas where they were objectionably tilted.
But then the kids [...]
Tags: errands, Homeschooling, preserving, rhubarb, square foot gardening
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Posted in Around the house, Homeschooling | Comments (0)
May
20
My Square Foot Garden: Building Day 1
by heather
Today I was finally able to set about building my boxes for my square foot garden. The weather was gorgeous and I had some actual free time.
I had bought all the wood last weekend:
… and stacked it neatly according to their destined boxes. The bigger boards on the right are for the potato box, which [...]
Tags: building, compost, garden, peat moss, raised bed, square foot gardening, vegetables, vermiculite
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Posted in Around the house | Comments (4)
Mar
19
Busy, Busy Day Part III: Vermiculite!
by heather
Today was indeed a busy day. Along with Flipper’s schoolwork and Pomme’s cutest moments, I also had… you know… a life. Or trying to have one, anyway.
I got a phone call for another accompanying job. I made dinner (okay, it was frozen chicken strips and nuked potatoes, but still…) . And I planned my garden.
Last [...]
Tags: gardening, square foot gardening, vermiculite, weather
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Posted in Around the house | Comments (1)
Mar
18
Seeds for the Garden
by heather
I’ve spent a good part of this evening making up a spreadsheet of my garden plans for this summer. By golly, I’m going to be organized, and keep track of what gets planted when and harvested and whether a second planting can be done and rotating the crops and what needs to be started indoors… [...]
Tags: garden, salsa, seeds, square foot gardening, tomatoes
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