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Row covers: 9 gauge vs 14 gauge – lesson learned!

March 21, 2009 2 min to read

Update: See the row covers here! Today dried out enough to do some work on the garden. I transplanted the onions and lettuce and planted the peas. Started the pea …

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Rows of clear plastic bottles with blue caps, used as mini greenhouses for seedlings in trays of soil, line the garden at Owl Creek Farm.
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Very late pictures

March 20, 2009 1 min to read

Here’s our redneck mini greenhouses: Water bottle, cut in half. 2 notches cut on the bottom edge for drainage. Fill bottom half with damp soil, add seed or plant. Water …

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Sunny and productive

March 12, 2009 1 min to read

Super nice today! We got out and got the fence up around the new garden area and started tilling (the soil is AWESOME by the way, tilling is mostly needed …

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One more snow?

March 6, 2009 1 min to read

See, I should be a meteorologist! I predicted one more during our last one :cold http://weather.yahoo.com/storm/USOR0304.html LOW ELEVATION SNOW EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND IN NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON… A WEATHER …

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Growth in pictures

March 2, 2009 0 min to read

[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] Not much to say, the pictures speak for themselves. It’s not amazing or spectacular growth, but I’m …

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Composting…. Fireplace Ash

February 27, 2009 2 min to read

Since I haven’t ever gardened at the same time I had a wood stove or fireplace, I never needed to look this up, but I was curious tonight if our …

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Cherry tomatoes: Spam me!

February 27, 2009 0 min to read

I remembered today that I promised my 13 year old I’d grow cherry tomatoes next time. Well, it’s next time :lol and I’m not sure what kind to get. Territorial …

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Weather in the Willamette Valley

February 26, 2009 1 min to read

It snowed again :lol And now it’s almost 50 degrees, but my 11 year old son managed to get out in time and make a snow man. Being the bad …

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Seedlings sprouting in a tray with labeled wooden sticks by Owl Creek Farm mark each type of plant.
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Seedlings, day 6

February 21, 2009 1 min to read

These babies are going to be ready before the weather is if this keeps up! The onions are perking up quite nicely. I planted most of the rest of them …

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Garden meme

February 19, 2009 2 min to read

Having never done one of these before, I’ll probably do something wrong. Double Danger started it, blame them! :duck Describe your gardening style Throw stuff in the ground and hope …

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Close-up of soil with tiny seedlings sprouting, white particles scattered across the surface, nurtured by Owl Creek Farm.
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Remember how I said 2 weeks?

February 18, 2009 1 min to read

So in my post on the 15th I said some rubbish about waiting 2 weeks to see growth? How’s 3 days lolThe earliest any of the packets say to germination …

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Onions

February 18, 2009 1 min to read

The onions I bought the other day (and had in our very cold garage) have decided it’s time to grow, so I planted a few in the remaining spots in …

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