Author Archives: Slocum's Creak

As fate would have it wood handles on yard/garden tools can degrade fairly quickly if left out or not properly maintained. I kind of hate to admit it but this is the handle on one of my shovels. This week I’m reworking all my wooden handles getting them ready for the upcoming gardening season. HandleContinue reading “Wood handle tool rescue.”

Been awhile since the last post, life’s been a little hectic to say the least. Seems no matter how well I plan there’s always some reason why I can’t get something done as quickly or in the fashion I intended. With three littles underfoot time is hardly easy to come by it seems but I/weContinue reading “Handy plant starting pots”

  I recently decided to buy a small, fairly inexpensive green house. It’s 12’X6.6’X6.6. I believe this will be good enough for a start and not a major investment in something that will be left behind in the event I find a larger property. Need to finish putting it together. The picture is what itContinue reading “Greenhouse and seed starting.”

  I’ve recently started working on growing sprouts and found I’m also interested in micro greens as well.   I’m always looking for new things to eat and ways to grow them. Growing sprouts to add into salads seems like a great idea to me and if I chose I can pluck a few sproutsContinue reading “Sprouts and Micro Greens.”

  I’ve always hated thinning out plants in the garden. I always wondered if I’m plucking out the right seedling or if it could have ended up being the better plant.   My solution, seed tapes. I looked into buying some once and found I didn’t really like the price so much. It was someContinue reading “Seed Tapes”

I may be starting a little early but when it’s time to plant the garden I want to have decent sized plants to put out. And I have lots of new plants to try this year. Along with a regular garden I am working on building up a food forest, which is taking me longerContinue reading “Seed starting.”

As some may remember I dug a post hole and filled it with compostables to see if it would help my harvest any. I let it sit for a couple of months before planting, I put two other tomotao plants next it to act as a control. I planted all three plants at the sameContinue reading “Results of my tomato experiment”

I have not posted in some time now. To those who follow my blog, I apologize.   I would love to be a prolific writer, I really would but to be honest between working full time, raising three young boys and pursuing my many hobbies and life goals writing seems to be more of anContinue reading “Sock knitting?”

Those who’ve know, us for long know that solar power has held an interest for quite some time now! It started many years ago when my mom brought home a lightbulb that had a black and white spinner inside. The heat from the suns rays would cause the little spinner to turn. It caught myContinue reading “Going Solar”

Some time back I decided I wanted to build an earthship. So I started to save bottles and jars and have enough aluminum cans that I could probably get a decent amount of change if I turned them in but that’s a discussion for another day! For now my main focus is on storage. NotContinue reading “Dried Goods Storage”