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Can anyone tell me where May went?

  • Posted on June 9, 2011 at 9:18 am

It was JUST here a second ago. I promise! And I think it took the first half of June with it…

Garden update: using cardboard boxes was a complete bust. I transplanted the sugarsnaps that I’d planted, but they didn’t like the move. I got five whole pods off three plants. I didn’t like the rocket and pulled it out. My box of salad greens is still going strong though, and the cucumbers that *did* come up (two out of six) are loving their space in the bucket and covered over in blossoms. And?

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I finally got the blueberry bushes in the ground. Yay!

We’ve been invaded by fleas. I’ve decided today that the little dogs need to be housebound – I combed all the fleas off Rocky (chihuahua), let him go outside for a wee break and he was COVERED when he came back in. I’ve also ripped the carpet out of my room and will be attacking the dining room carpet next week. I’ve sprinkled DE all over the place (including the dogs) and I’ve been vacuuming like crazy.

I hate to vacuum. But I hate fleas more.

The umbrella clothesline that I bought last year has FINALLY been planted in concrete and is fully functional. I wish I could describe the sense of accomplishment that came with getting it done. And the sense of relief that comes with knowing I’ll be cutting my power bill by a decent chunk…is indescribable.

My todo list is finally down to a few major/minor projects: flooring and painting the dining room, flooring and painting my bedroom, painting the livingroom, and getting the windows replaced.

And that’s most of the news that’s fit to print for right now.

Garden Update: April 2011

  • Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:00 am

This month’s experiment is:

A tipi for cucumber vines to grow up

my cucumber tipi. Bamboo tomato stakes strategically placed, tied up and wrapped with a scrap of cotton yarn. Hopefully the cotton yarn will be enough to let the vines do their thing. I placed the stakes so I have a window on each side to reach in and grab cukes if I need to.

The sugar snaps are up in the cardboard boxes, but…

as you can see, the cardboard was a good idea but execution needs a bit of work. I’m going to end up either transplanting them or (more likely) building a wooden box around the cardboard to hold it together til the end of the season.

Lettuce box #1 is up and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying picking my own salad – with the exception of the mustard greens. The problem with buying a packet of mesclun is that I wasn’t sure what I was planting – I just shook out half the packet in the box and waited for goodness to grow. While I like mustard greens in a salad, I don’t like THAT MUCH in one sitting. The other problem?

Crushed lettuces. The dog has been in here again.

Evidently the dog has a new bed.

And wrapping things up, we have complete failure.

Seeds planted in eggcrate

Every single “tips for getting kids to garden” includes using eggcrate for seed trays. I’m going to slice the crates up and stick the dirt in pots and hope SOMETHING comes up. The good news is I only planted 12 seeds in each crate (I was tempted to just sprinkle seeds and see what happens). I still have plenty more in the seed packets and am going to get those going as well. The crates are holding pickling cukes, two varieties of tomatoes, and stevia.