Mom & I went over to the property on Thursday and stayed through Sunday morning. Spring is definitely coming! We were pleasantly surprised to see very little snow on our drive over and very little snow on our property at…
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Mom & I went out to the property on Thursday and spent the weekend. We had a long list of things to get done and some of it got done, some of it didn’t. One of the biggest chores that…
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Today, feels sorta non-productive and yet it was productive. Do you have days like that? Where you feel like you have very little to show for the amount of work you did? I got one more trellis built, this required…
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So despite the rainy, dreary day we had here in the Pacific Northwest, I got a ton done outside. I tied three trellis nets, built two more, but ran out of materials for more. I’ll have to pop over to…
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We have wireworms. I had several lettuces that were doing fine one day and the next day suddenly collapsed and died. They appeared slightly wilted and then were dead. This happened about three times and each time I was more confused…
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So, I find myself needing to plant even more tomatoes at home. Why? The plot at the farm has not yet been plowed. The date has moved several times…April 15, May, May 15 and now it is set to June…
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We started more seeds started today, melon, yellow squash & lemon cucumber…plus broccoli and a ton of different lettuces. Mom found some volunteer potatoes so we now have red potatoes growing in a bag and started two bags of organic…
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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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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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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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