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10 Apr 2009
Toilet Paper Roll Pots 36 24
I’ve been saving our toilet paper rolls to reuse as decompostable pots. I created two sizes: a full roll and a half roll. I just cut some slits on the bottom and folded the flaps over to form the bottoms. Surprisingly, eight will fix nicely into a reused tofu container. I can even place twe...
7°C / 44°F
07 May 2009
Edible Flower Guide 21 27 Happy
I compiled a list of edible flowers from a couple different sources. It’s by no means a complete list. Please keep in mind, I’ve just ‘cut and paste’ into a journal for reference. I would strongly recommend double checking the info here if you actually intent to eat some ...
Cloudy 17°C / 63°F
27 Mar 2009
Homemade Seed Paper 25 22 Very Happy
Ever since I saw Redloon’s seed imbedded paper, I’ve wanted to try making some. My daughter’s birthday is next week and she’s having a Thumbelina party, so I though seedy paper would make a great and fitting favour and/or thank you note. The only thing I didn’t hav...
Overcast 10°C / 50°F
08 Apr 2009
Planting Made Easy! 23 18 Kitchen garden , Radish 'Ostergruss' Sown, Radish 'French Breakfast' Sown, Radish 'Plum Purple' Sown, Car...
When I saw this dibble the other day, I thought it was a wonderful idea, but before going into construction mode with wood I decided I would make a quick trial one with cardboard and wine corks to see if it looked as handy as it seemed. I used it to plant a bunch of stuff today and it worked GRE...
Cloudy 6°C / 43°F
05 Jun 2009
Nice moment 24 13 Very Happy
My son’s friend, who’s staying with us for a couple of days, walks out onto the back porch the first morning. “Whoah,” he says, “nice garden.” Waits a beat. “It’s fantastic.” My son— “I told you.”
Cloudy 24°C / 75°F
02 Apr 2009
A surprise in the compost bin 7 28 Happy Kitchen garden
I was digging out one of the compartments in my composter yesterday, when something caught my eye… in all that finished compost, there was something crunchy that hadn’t composted! Closer inspection revealed a clutch of old snake eggs. There were about two dozen eggs, along the edges o...
Overcast 18°C / 64°F
17 Mar 2009
How I came to be a gardener 17 18 Tiny Farm garden
When I was a kid, we lived on a small, 6-acre piece of property in Oregon. It had previously been part of a huge farm that was broken up and sold off in “smaller” parcels. We had two barns on the property, a pond, amazing old willow trees, and irrigation water rights. We were inside...
Sunny 16°C / 61°F
18 Feb 2009
I got it! I got it! I got it! 9 25 Very Happy
The Seeds of Diversity member catalogue came in the mail today … 89 pages of seeds to tempt me! I’m so excited to sit down and have a look … I also received their Winter magazine … AND seed mail … woo-hoo! Another three packages of seedmail arrived yesterday …...
20 Apr 2009
How to make your own garden staples 14 18 Plot #79 garden
I’ve been using a lot of garden staples in my community plot. I bought the first ones, then my cousin told me how to make them from a wire coat hanger. I put together a photo tutorial. There are a few more photos and pictures at my Flickr account, if you click through on any of these. St...
13°C / 55°F
17 May 2009
A lot of hard work 12 20 Frontyard garden , Big Ugly Prickly Evergreen Shrub Thing , Cleome Transplanted, Artichoke, Cal Green Globe...
I did a lot of hard work in the front yard yesterday. First, I removed the stump of the ugly evergreen shrub thing. I dug all around it with a shovel, then I used my pruning saw to cut the roots under it. It was hard work, but it only took about 30 minutes. Interestingly, the soil around the s...
Overcast 15°C / 59°F
08 Jul 2009
Gone, all gone. 3 29 Neutral Front Yard garden and Chimeria garden
Two and half months of gardening work is just gone. We had a hailstorm, the worst I have seen in many years, and my garden is just flat. Right before the storm I was admiring new flowers on the glads, and smelling the tobacco. I was marvelling at a new elephant ear leaf that was about 2 1/2 feet ...
Hail 22°C / 72°F
28 Mar 2009
Too. Many. Again. 14 18 Happy Grow Please! Winter Sowing garden
I swore this year I was not going to plant an excessive amount of seeds like last year. Well one thing led to another and now I find myself with 82 containers planted and 80 more to go. Everything was chosen for a reason and every time I try to pare down the list I can’t. Each plant brin...
Rainy 2°C / 35°F
16 Apr 2009
Paths and Stepping Stones 17 15 ..._The Promenade_... garden
I dug a bunch more in the future berry patch and leveled the area that will be the path between the berries and the dogwood. My partner came out and helped me lay some bricks. We decided to take up the grass under the tree and mulch it this year; maybe later we’ll put in some sort of help...
Sunny 9°C / 48°F
09 Aug 2009
Complete Meal 16 16
Usually, I provide my own vegetables. But most of the time I have to use some variety of processed vegetable protein to finish out the meal. So today was a big deal. I made my very first completely from the garden meal. Well, there was some cooking oil, but otherwise, it’s all me and my...
Overcast 23°C / 73°F
30 Jul 2009
The Great Tomato Update 14 17 Tomato 'Zapotec Pleated' , Tomato 'Thai Pink Egg' , Tomato 'Sylvan Gaume' Ripening, Tomato 'Sweet Pea Curra...
Yesterday I took pictures of every variety of tomato I have growing in my gardens. I chose the largest/ripest one on each vine for comparison.
Overcast 16°C / 61°F