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  I started 72 more seeds today. Part of the tray was a new variety of tomatoes, and the 20 cells or so was a new pepper I wanted to try.   The tomatoes are supposed to get on the bigger side, and the peppers are around 30K scoville in heat.   I’m really looking forwardContinue reading “More seeds started today.”

But I’m stoked for springtime and being able to put plants out. Around the 15th of January, I put 89 beefsteak tomato seeds in a starter, and so far, it looks like I have a pretty good germination rate. It’s still a bit early to tell for certain how many will actually sprout, but IContinue reading “Still a ways off”

  I have decided to start building and selling wooden planter boxes for spring along with offering plants for sell.   I currently have access to used pallets, so I will be using the wood from them to build with.   I even located an industrial planner to make them look even better. I won’tContinue reading “New beginnings ahead”

  I’d meant to build a coop since before we actually got chicks, however life and the weather got in the way.   Chicks started to become chickens, and I still didn’t have a coop built. I have plenty of wood waiting to be put back to use.   But I ended up looking forContinue reading “New home for the chickens.”

Here, a while back, the oldest boy asked some friends up the street what they were going to do with the bags of leaves they had raked up. There were four bags on a small trailer at the time. The answer was they were going to haul them to the dump when they were doneContinue reading “Bounty for the compost.”

Long story short, I finally got my small green house put up. It only took a year to get around to it. Seemed something more urgent always came up around the same time I’d get started. By the time I had time to put it up, spring was in full swing, and I wasn’t overlyContinue reading “Second shelf.”

  Hello, and thank you for stopping by.   I haven’t posted in a while. it seems I am easily distracted. I’d met someone, and we chatted for some months.   Apparently, my need to write and be heard can be satisfied  with chatting.   I find myself disappointed in my lack of discipline whereContinue reading “Been a while since I posted”

Today I started a new adventure in learning how to air layer, truth be told I should have started much sooner than today. But it is what it is. I’ve also started taking suckers off of my strongest tomato plant to make starts with. It’s well over 6′ tall and has produced fruit all summerContinue reading “Air layering.”

  I have read a lot about why you shouldn’t clean up your yard until spring is well underway.   I have yet to hear anyone say you shouldn’t clean up before winter hits, though.   That is exactly what I did last year. I made sure all the grass was neatly mowed, one yardsContinue reading “Spring clean up in the fall?”

  Should you rake up your leaves and make leaf mold or leave them where they fall to nurture the plants and critters in the soil when they decompose.   I have to admit I have no real preference between the two. That being said, I do have a couple of places where I letContinue reading “Leaf mold”