Easy free plant markers for seeds and transplants
Our community doesn’t offer recycling for any plastics other than 1s and 2s, so we can accumulate quite a few yogurt containers. I like to find new things to do with them…
Read MoreSigns of Fall & Missing Cover Crops
Fall is peeking out from behind the green leaves. Long before the oranges and reds take over, colors begin to shift from the velvet and verdant greens to summer to a shinier, more silver hue in the newly angled light. Yellow plumes of golden rod wave along the roadsides, fooling people into believing that is what is making them sneeze this time of year, but it’s not.
Read MoreStarting again, somewhat afresh…
When we returned home to the Blue Ridge last year, I knew I’d be starting a homestead all over again. That was challenging in every way, but I’m happy to say it’s starting to feel like home again. I was not thinking I’d have to start anew with the blog. But hey, when it rains…and it has been raining.
So shortly after getting back to blogging in the spring, it all melted down.
Read MoreKale germinated in 48hrs – Love it!
Nothing like seeing tiny green specks 48 hours after putting the seed in trays! This is dwarf Siberian kale from the end of March. Yes, that is quite late to be starting from seed. For our mid-May frost day, you can start kale indoors under lights in late February, early March and transplant out around April 1st. With row cover over the transplants, you could probably do all that a week or so earlier.
Read MoreFirst spring veggies in the new garden
This is the time that you are really glad you started preparing some veggie beds last fall! Springtime at 3000 feet is slow. The soil is chilly and often wet. Raised beds prepared in fall are excellent: they dry out and warm up much quicker. All the better to put in little transplants like this spinach! Full confession is I bought these spinach starts at the store.
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