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5 Blocks of Plastic Mulch cleaned up
The rain stopped after two weeks and it decided to be nice and sunny and warm today. We were very thankful for the rain but oh how nice the sun feels. Ben and Cassie worked hard all day at cleaning … Continue reading
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Sweet, the Sweet Potatoes are Planted!
Last year we received our sweet potatoes in early May. The weather was very cold and most of them died because we could not plant in the garden, thus we ordered them for the end of May this year. It … Continue reading
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What Organic Fertilizer Can I Use?
What kind of fertilizer can we use that is natural or organic? This has been a hard choice for us for many years. Since we eat everything that we grow, well I should say some of everything that we grow, … Continue reading
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Seeding Beets in Trays
We are trying a new way to seed the beets. In the early spring with the cold nights and rainy days it is hard to get a beet crop to come up in a good time sequence. The way that … Continue reading
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Plastic for Greenhouse
I’ve had some questions about where we buy our plastic for the greenhouse. I will give you a couple of the supplies addresses but ‘to do or not to do Greenhouse Plastic’ has been a quandary with us for years. If we … Continue reading
Onions are coming up!
The onions we seeded have started to germinate and come up in just 7 days on the heated, bedding table; and we are having a snow storm out-side. Of course that is why we enjoy gardening in the winter time, we can … Continue reading
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Seeding Peppers
It is time to plant the pepper seeds. I know that your pepper seed package says 74 days and you are thinking, what does that mean? 74 days from February 15th is around the 1st of May and in this … Continue reading
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Seeding Onions
The time is approaching to seed onions. Last year we started our onions on March 1st and they were about the right size when we were able to get them into the garden. Any time from mid to the end … Continue reading
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It is Time to Order Seeds
It is a big job to order our seeds for the year and it usually takes most of one day. Ken orders the corn, melons, winter squash, cabbage, broccoli and lettuce seeds. I always order all the colorful peppers and … Continue reading
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The Roof is Plastic
It is so exciting to be putting up the greenhouse plastic. This means that spring is on the way. Ken and Ben worked for several days nailing down the slats to hold the plastic in place. They criss-crossed the ends … Continue reading