After harvesting lettuce and radishes out of the gutters this morning, I went ahead and re-planted them. When I first planted the greenhouse gutters with radishes in Mid-February, I had no idea it would take 2 1/2 months for them to be harvested. Clearly, it was due to the cold weather. And since I want Read More >>
How to Grow Food In a Greenhouse: Show and Tell
The day before the free pot episode, I ordered a few yards of potting soil for the greenhouse. After all, the free buckets in the greenhouse need to be filled, and since I’m not in the business of growing dirt, I had to truck some in. The only problem was, as soon as it was Read More >>
How To Grow Your Own Food: Garden Chores
Rain is in the forecast today, so it looks like I’ll be wearing snow pants and a parka while performing today’s garden chores. With the cooler temperatures these past few days, the cold weather crops are thriving. Do you see the kale above? Isn’t it beautiful? I WANT TO PICK IT!!! But I won’t. Not Read More >>
How to Transplant Pea Seedlings
A few weeks ago, before I built Chicken Fort Knox, the hens discovered a garden bed containing my newly planted radish and pea seeds. As usual, they hopped in, scratched around, and left. Leaving me to clean it up. Well, yesterday I finally got around to cleaning up their mess. This is what the radish Read More >>
How to Grow Your Own Food: Companion Planting; Thinking Ahead
Yesterday was the perfect day to transplant seedlings. It rained lightly, and every few hours there was about a one hour window of sunshine. Talk about perfect weather for planting seedlings if you ask me. Although this raised bed of Rainbow Swiss Chard doesn’t look all that exciting right now, take a look at the Read More >>