Last year we put in the new compost bin that we picked up at Costco. It’s made in Canada from recycled plastic and not very pretty to look at, but that’s ok. Functional is good enough, pretty is just a bonus. I left it alone for a full year, only adding material. It has been nearing full, so it was…
I fell in love with Rottweilers longer ago than I want to think about, but only started caring for one, 6 years ago. Our Artemis is a wonderful companion – loyal and stubborn and smart and gives not one care that she’s too big to be a lapdog. Once she got passed her land-shark stage, we started keeping an eye…
I didn’t have time yesterday to do anything more than turn on and back off the “greenhouse” lights. Maybe I should call them “greenshelves” instead. ……I don’t think that will become a thing. Anyway, this morning all my babies got checked on and watered. The herbs were lovely to see – 2 days ago, there was only 2 bits of…
The plants were quickly running out of room, I think the tomatoes are plotting world domination. So, today’s supply run to Grande Prairie included a new set of shelves (only $35 from Costco) and the last 2, 3ft lights from Home Depot (I wanted to buy 4). This gives me 5 out of 7 possible shelves with lighting for my…
I up-potted the tomatoes and cabbages on the 8th, and in 5 short days, they recovered from the transplant shock and are growing very well. It’s amazing how much heat and humidity this plastic wrapped shelving “greenhouse” keeps in! This photo is from the 8th, after just being transplanted (the onions, peppers, and artichokes haven’t been up-potted yet) and they’re…
Well, they took their time, but bell peppers are fickle little beasts and it’s only barely warm enough in my little make-shift indoor greenhouse. Day 15 and I was starting to wonder if I needed to get a heat mat, but the first one peeked up this evening. My little onion starts look a little….. sad, but they’re a nice,…
It’s the best time of the season – the days are getting longer, and we have spurts of spring mingling with snow, but hard winter is done. The water and septic line heat tapes are unplugged – the next electric bill will be considerably lower! Last year, I’d thrown this leftover vapor barrier plastic over an extra set of shelves,…
I am so impatient to start building up the farm part of our farm. A small part of that is because I know that we have a whole lot of work to do, and a very short season to do it in. What I can do for now, is learn. Pouring over websites and blogs, joining related local facebook groups,…
The wait for spring becomes almost a living thing for those of us in this climate. We dread the return of mud, but the return of green growing things and sunshine is too palatable to really be bothered by mud that much. We’ll complain about the mud, of course, especially when that mud sucks our mud boots right off our…
What do you picture when you hear the question “what is your dream garden”? What does the area grow, vegetables, flowers, trees, bushes? Is it tame or wild? Today’s GWG prompt is “Describe your fantasy garden”. If you’d asked me this 20, or 10, or even 5 years ago, the answer would be a lot different. Without actual, real space…
2005 was the last time we had chickens, eek! My middle son was a year old, and my youngest hadn’t been born. He’s never held a chick before. *hangs head* I failed as a parent. 2020 will remedy that, finally. At least they’re past the age of nearly squishing the birds in toddler excitement. Like pretty much EVERYTHING to do…
That moment when you realize it was 2014 when you posted last, and it’s somehow now 2017…. How did that happen? Looking back over all the year’s posts, my poor garden blog went from frequent excited posts to sporadic random recipes and “want to do”. 2017 has us on our own property so the “want to do” is ramped up…