Out with the old - in with the new

We have had rain for a week. It put all my planting and garden work on hold but it was good for the earth. My cabbages are finall…

Chickens in heaven

Incredible Hulk and Superman worked hard all morning on our latest project. They had to put up a temporary fence around the area …

Virtual visit to The Gravel Garden

I have mentioned in previous blogs that I am using a lot of heirloom seeds this year. I have bought them from two sources - www.l…

Preparing new ground

Today my elder daughter and I prepared the ground for our seedlings. We removed the sweet potato runners that need to go somewher…

Repotting tomatoes

Today I repotted the tomatoes whose seed I sowed about a month ago in Winter. These did not go into our new hotbox but germinated…

The bug has bitten

I wasn't going to do another post today, and I wasn't going to work in the garden today...but well...the seed sowing bug …

Job completion check in

Shjoe, I am tired....but there is not lots to show for it. However I did manage to get half of the seeds we want planted. Alot of…

Carboard box redemption...and seedlings!

I know that my planting ticker on the right column tells the countdown to planting season, but I like to force early germination …