Summer is it summer?!
Okay, today is the first of the approximately 8 days of the year that I feel like we need air conditioning. I’m hot. And sweaty. It is hammock in the backyard weather… and it really is too bad I’m too tired…
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Monthly Archive: April 2014
And more tomatoes
We planted out more tomatoes out today, all the peppers are now out and the green eggplants. We’ve soaked the beans and someone needs to go put them in the dirt. It’s a little early for beans, but the soil…
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Survival!
Just a quick update on how the tomatoes faired overnight. They survived the night in their little house! Yay! They also look much better now that they are recovering from the shock of finding themselves in the big, wide world…
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The start of transplanting…
Mom and I worked in the garden from 7:30 to 5:30, only stopping for a short breakfast and lunch. Peas are transplanted, their trellis is built. Re-built a different style hoop house for the tomatoes. We had built a taller…
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Compost Scare!
So today, I had to turn the compost. Yes, I’m a little old school on compost. I like to turn it fairly regularly to keep things chugging along at a good rate. The aeration from turning, seems to help it…
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Green things
Today, I started more spinach direct in the beds. Transplanted lettuces I’ve had in the greenhouse into the garden beds. Now, I guess I should quit procrasti-planting and either do my taxes or figure out how to file for an…
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Summer Sandwich Delight… A use for some of these tomatoes!
Cruising through pinterest, I came across this tasty looking tomato and asparagus sandwich. It seems like a play on the Caprese salad and looks like a wonderfully refreshing use for all the tomatoes that are in my future.
Solanaceaes Anonymous?
I think I need to join Solanaceaes Anonymous. The tomatoes are taking over the house! This year I planted a variety of tomato starts and several varieties of peppers. As a girl who always loved peppers, but never, ever, ever…
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Kicking the caffeine habit
I met with a naturopath a couple days ago regarding some health issues I’ve been having. Today, is day 2 without coffee. The withdrawals are ferocious! As much as I want to feel better, I really sorta hope that she’s wrong…
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Potting up the grafts
Potted up my red fleshed apple grafted trees into real dirt and moved them to the greenhouse, got the peas planted, got more of the yard cleaned up today. Really, it’s kinda a never ending stream of things to do…
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