March 2011
6 posts
2 tags
Gardening Chronicles: Weeding
Here’s a definition for you:
To weed (verb):
To clear of weeds; to free from something hurtful or offensive; to remove the less desirable portions of.
To get rid of (something harmful or superfluous).
That is the stage we are at in our garden journey.
As an aside, I just had flashbacks about the book Pilgrim’s Progress. I am, by no means, John Bunyan writing out of my imprisonment, but I guess...
1 tag
Gardening Chronicles: Warmth & Growth
What a gorgeous day! After being cooped up inside all week due to the flu (that mess is no joke), I was ready to check on our little sprout-babies. Although now, many of them have progressed to sproutlings.
I was worried about our white acre pea babies as I’ve read they do not handle the cold very well. Last night it was supposed to get down to 31 degrees, so I fretted like any good...
3 tags
3 tags
1 tag
Gardening Chronicles: Sprouting
After only one week, EVERYTHING in our vegetable garden has sprouted. I was like a little kid when we drove up and Chad said, “Look at all those sprouts!” Most importantly, the white acre peas have sprouted. We have 3 rows of these because I wanted to ensure we had plenty of our favorite veggie.
Let me back up a few days. We went out to the garden plot 2 days after planting to check...
1 tag
Gardening Chronicles: Planting
Because I think I should try as many things as possible before dying or being raptured away, we planted a vegetable garden. It wasn’t spontaneous or unplanned. We started talking about planting a garden early last year and did our research. We found a farm called Orchard Pond Organics (www.orchardpondorganics.com) that rents out 30’x50’ garden plots (our back yard does not have...