Category Archives: Gardening

Strawberry Plants Everywhere

Lots of strawberry plants! My order of 75 plants came in late last week. I built two more hanging planters on Friday. It took me 4 hours to get these hung up and filled with my special soil mix and … Continue reading

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Garden Update February 22, 2009

This is the bed with most of the stuff in it. Broccoli, lettuce, swiss chard, onion, and peas.

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Planter Box Rework

The planter box on the deck had a few issues. 1) There was only 4 inches of soil and 2) the grape vines came in contact with the soil, and they were constantly sending out roots that was robbing everything … Continue reading

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Hanging Strawberry Planter Box

This was on my to-do list for last weekend, but I didn’t get a round toit. I made it out of cedar fence pickets, waterproof glue, and staples. I think I can easily fit 16 plants in each box, which … Continue reading

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Grow Light to Help the Little Ones

A little late, but I did rig up my grow light out in the garage so these seedlings would have a chance. After only a few days, I can see a big difference in the plants. They look greener and … Continue reading

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Another Raised Bed Created

For about 2 years I’ve been planning to use the little 3 foot x 20 foot patch of grassy area adjacent to the patio for a flower bed of some sort, but never built up enough wanto to get it … Continue reading

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Garden Update February 15, 2009

I transplanted my tomato and pepper plants into some larger pots.

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Garden Update 2/08/2009

The three pepper plants have sprouted.

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Garden Update Feb 1, 2009

I did some more work in the garden today. First, I transplanted the broccoli I bought at Wells Bros on Friday.

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Furnished New Home, For Worms

I finished up the worm house this morning. I used my exterior paint left over from the shed, so this worm farm complies with our HOA master plan. I moved it to a corner of the yard that is usually … Continue reading

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