Our first snow of the season and it has to be a yucky one. Monday morning it started snowing and it left about an inch on the roads. Tuesday it was more of the same until about 6 PM. Wet, heavy, slippery snow started to fall in blankets across the landscape. Great for plants, bad …
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Finally Some Seeded Flats
It’s Saturday morning and though I got a late start on seeding my flats this year I am pretty happy with my progress. I have one mini greenhouse, one milk jug and 2 of the 10″ x 20″ black plastic flats with clear plastic domed covers planted. After just 4 days I even have some …
Nature Braving the Cold
In the past few weeks we have had incredible ups and downs in temperature. Since about the 8th of November it’s been mostly down, way down. The week before it was in the 60s and 70s and then January came out of nowhere. Nights have been down in the 20s and our heating system in …
The Weather Has Turned – Are You Still Gardening?
The weather has turned colder. It’s as if the calendar told the weather, “Hey, it’s October. It’s time to get cold.” And it certainly did. We went from a balmy 80 the week before to mid 50s and low 60s all last week. There is hope for 70 degree weather this week which would be …
Earth Month 2008
Until lately I haven’t done much to follow the progress of conservation efforts. I think having a child now and also having a little plot to cultivate yearly has really given me a sense of perspective about the future of the planet. That’s pretty much why I wanted to start this garden blog in the …