Posts filed under Gardening

March 13, 2010

Garden Planning Has Begun….

… and its taking over my brain!
My friend Marge told me about Territorial Seed Company because I was having a hard time finding a seed company online that gave exact planting to harvest dates for every one of their products, but Territorial fit the bill. And now I’ve got a draft garden layout and [...]

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July 14, 2009

Breaking Radio Silence

Secret knitting and a week of being away from home makes for very boring blogging. I’ve been taking my 365 self portraits regularly though, and tending my garden. We treated the garden with fish emulsion (and I did some green waste puree on my own), and then I left for 5 days. [...]

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July 2, 2009

Nitrogen anyone?

So the word is in. The Community Garden is plodding along and not looking very good because our soil is lacking in Nitrogen. The people in charge are going to provide us with fish emulsion, green waste compost, and straw mulch to help. But I can’t help wondering if it’s too late [...]

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May 30, 2009

How does your garden grow?

My garden is up, although somewhat behind OTHER people’s. We didn’t get to officially plant until the 16th of May, so things that could have been germinating already didn’t even get PLANTED until then.

Next year I will get the same box, so I can start peas, spinach and lettuces under a cold frame and [...]

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July 27, 2006

The Stash Enhancement Experience

First off, have you ever wanted Addi Turbos to have pointier tips? Read Grumperina’s post and then send in your thoughts to the Skacel company! I’ve already sent my e-mail.

Second off then, here’s the STUFF. I bought a 2+ pound cone of 2/4 Highland Tweed from Webs. At the price it [...]

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July 12, 2006

Silk and a Shitload of Stitches

On the left you have the beginnings of the scarf for Andie. I have swatched, washed and measured, and as a result I have cast on 301 stitches! That basically took my whole morning commute, but the balls are all wound, the stitches are cast on, the pattern is even charted, so all [...]

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