Making A Homestead

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DIY Square Foot Garden

I use the Square Foot Garden method for gardening for one reason. I am lazy. Pure and simple. If you haven’t heard of this method before, it is awesome! It is the no digging, no weeding method of maximizing garden space popularized in the book, All New Square Foot Gardening by: Mel Bartholomew. In fact, [...]

“All New Square Foot Gardening” By: Mel Bartholomew – Review

Winter is the time to spend planning your next year’s garden. It is tempting to rest on one’s laurel at this time of year, but to do so would be a grave mistake. I like to use this time to plunge into gardening books and seed catalogs. I started this tradition 3 years ago when [...]

Reinforcing the Cold Frame

There is a reason we test things. LOL. I was fortunate to get my cold frame/mini greenhouse up before it got too cold. However, about a week ago it rained for about 3 days straight. Curious, how my cold frame would hold up, I went outside as soon as it was dry. Luckily, it had [...]

Garden Update

I got the cold frame filled now. I transferred some of the garlic out and put 2 types of lettuce and some collard greens in. Also, if you look in the corner you can see the 2 2liter bottles I put in to act as heat sinks.

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Making a Coldframe

For most of my beds I just mulched them with leaves, but I decided to turn one of my 2 x 8 foot beds into a coldframe. I tried to keep things as cheap, semi-permanent as possible and of course it was all DIY work.Next year, I’ll try for something more permanent, but this year [...]

My garden tub

In an effort to use as much of my available space as possible I decided to turn a couple plastic tubs into planters. All I did was remove the tops, make holes for drainage across the bottom from 1/2 – 1 inch apart and another row all around the sides about 1/2 inch high and [...]

Rabbit in the garden

I found a bunny in my garden.

Recently, we have been having a lot of trouble in the garden with rabbits. So, I invested in a live animal trap and set it up in the backyard. One day my wife came home to let the dog out; a few minutes later, she [...]

Tromboncino Part II

My Tromboncino squash has really taken off in a big way. ( For reference, I got the seeds from Territorial Seeds, http://www.territorialseed.com/product/1100/220 ) Check out the pictures below and remember it is all one plant.

My Tromboncino Squash has taken over the wooden tee-pee I built for it and is now going after my [...]

Easy Jalapeno Popper Recipe

Last night I made jalapeño poppers on a whim with jalapeños from my garden. They were delicious and could not be easier. I will preface this by saying that fresh green jalapeños are much sweeter then ones left to turn red, which become very hot. Not that this is bad. It is just an observation. [...]

Garlic and Shallot Harvesting

Well, it happened sooner than I thought, but a couple days ago, I harvested my shallots and garlic. I knew it was time because the lower leaves were turning brown. When the softneck finally flopped over I got down to it. You can see below what I am talking about.

Garlic and Shallot bed [...]

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