Debbie planted three trays of seeds about 2 weeks ago, and already several seedlings are up! The “big” seedlings in the foreground are cucumbers, so they’re coming right along. The second tray has tomatoes — 3 varieties — and so far we have 72 plants in one tray. All of them sprouted, so we will [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Seedlings are up!
Posted in food, garden, vegetables, tagged bedding plants, gardening, seed trays, seedlings, seeds, sprouting, tomatoes, transplants on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The garden ready for spring
Posted in do-it-ourselves, garden, good thoughts, projects, vegetables, weather, tagged compost, deer proof garden, garden fence, garden gate, growing mix, homesteading, mulch, organic compost, peat moss, square foot garden, sustainable life, vermiculite on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here in southern Virginia, the last frost date is about May 1, so we’re not quite ready to stick plants or seeds in the ground yet, but when the time comes, the garden is ready! Debbie and I spent all day last Saturday in 45-degree weather finishing up the square-foot garden plot. Spring seemed very [...]
Comfort food with a Calypso beat
Posted in food, tagged black beans, calypso, comfort food, love on a plate, rice, sweet potatoes, vegan recipes, vegetarian recipe on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you need comfort foods in your veggie diet? We do, too! This meal combines brown rice, sweet potatoes, black beans and tomatoes for comfort food with a calypso beat. The flavors are so wonderful together I call it “Love on a Plate.” It’s quick, easy and beautiful to look at. Calypso Love on a [...]
Square-foot garden taking shape
Posted in animals, do-it-ourselves, garden, projects, vegetables, tagged DIY, do-it-yourself, gardening, organic gardening, pretty kitty, raised beds, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, simple life, square foot garden, sustainable life, vegetable bed preparation, vegetable garden on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Debbie and I assembled the raised bed boxes for our square-foot vegetable garden yesterday and today. Here’s what we used: Eight 8′ rough sawn 2x8s. Cost: $54.00 32 galvanized lag bolts. Cost $21.00 17′ of 48″ wide hardware cloth (wire mesh). Cost $34.00 34′ of 36″ wide landscape fabric. Cost: $16.50 Total cost was $125.50. [...]
One if by land
Posted in simple things, tagged alternative lighting, amish lantern, candles, dietz, homesteading, kerosene lantern, lantern, lehman's, power outage, simple things, sustainable life on March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I noticed today that the Old North Church has gone modern, replacing the old lanterns with LED lights. Some things should never change, so if you hanker for the old lantern that Paul Revere used in the Old North Church (“one if by land, two if by sea”) to warn the colonists that the British [...]
Want local? Better grow it yourself
Posted in do-it-ourselves, food, vegetables, tagged Dervaes, federal government farm subsidy program, homesteading, local food movement, organic food, square foot garden, sustainable life, urban homestead, vegetable garden on March 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I read a disturbing op-ed piece in the New York Times by a midwestern farmer trying to grow vegetables for his local market. Seems like the federal government, the USDA, and the big agribusiness lobby have all joined forces to prevent the local food movement from growing local food. Read My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables) [...]
-
Top Posts
-
Categories
-
Recent Posts
-
-
Recent Comments
Category Cloud
Archives
Tags
-
