https://owlcreek.ca/lessons-from-the-field/ Experience Northern Alberta’s Owl Creek Farm - Follow along with our adventures with our goats, chickens, farming, favourite recipes, and handmade soap! Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:01:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://owlcreek.ca/lessons-from-the-field/#comment-46 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:01:01 +0000 http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/?p=102#comment-46 Amanda, I think I’m going to be learning that lesson very soon myself :lol:

]]> https://owlcreek.ca/lessons-from-the-field/#comment-45 Thu, 29 May 2008 22:38:39 +0000 http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/?p=102#comment-45 The first time I sowed sugar snap peas I made the mistake of putting them back-to-back with regular peas. Then they intertwined as they grew up and I had no idea which was which without tracing the peas back to the earth. So now I put distance between them and I know whether I should eat the whole pod or just the peas!

]]> https://owlcreek.ca/lessons-from-the-field/#comment-44 Thu, 29 May 2008 16:52:10 +0000 http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/?p=102#comment-44 I’ve learned that the bed near the compost pile is hopeless. You can’t teach a dog not to sniff interesting things. And what smells more interesting than a compost pile? All the little seedlings in that bed get trampled.

]]> https://owlcreek.ca/lessons-from-the-field/#comment-43 Thu, 29 May 2008 12:03:46 +0000 http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/?p=102#comment-43 I love this. I’ve learned… don’t plant your beans too early! They need warmer soil to germinate and 40 degrees doesn’t cut it.

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