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15 Feb ’12
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I moved on to weeding out the garlic and onion bed
it was so bad I just ripped everything out and I'll replant this weekend
I wanted to do a little test to see what would be better to burn off the beds with, black versus clear plastic, I think the key is clear plastic to create a greenhouse affect. I had a extra square I hadn't planted last year
so I put down some clear plastic
and set the square on top, It will be interesting to see which one does a better job of killing off the weeds
the bed is ready to plant
15 Feb ’12
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the goal this weekend is to get the blackberries cleaned up, I need to open up the pathway up some so we can get a mini excavator back there to build a pad for the barn
I got to rip out all the stray runners, it's amazing how far blackberries will send them out
future barn site
the four surviving chickens say what up
15 Feb ’12
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What up chickens
15 Feb ’12
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The weather has been beautiful the last two days so we have been spending it all outside in the garden. I was going by my tangle of a mess I call a asparagus patch
and the asparagus was starting to sprout
I grabbed my gloves and started weeding, I had bought these 2 year old root sets from wal-mart last year, I'll probably let them go to seed this year, cut them back and start harvesting next year
while I was working on that my wife started clearing out the strawberry plants, they do really well in our boulder retaining wall, I think the boulders retain heat and warm up the soil faster plus they are backfilled with sand, all I know is we get strawberries usually 2-4 weeks before everyone else I know
all done, I need to start transplanting some into our upper retaining wall, but I've been saying that for the past 3 years
she then moved onto the grapes and blueberry beds
time to order some more mulch
while she was working on that I moved onto the rhubarb patch
looks like one of the sets didn't make it, rip little fella
15 Feb ’12
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I was talking to one of our larger local farmers the other night about their planting schedule and such. He said they had put peas in over the weekend and they can usually get three plantings a season with them. I thought I was doing well with two! So I figured I would get some peas in the ground yesterday.
the plastic did a good job of killing most everything off except for some weird zombie looking lettuce. It begins!
Everything came out quick and easy, it will be interesting to see how well the plastic did at killing weed seeds over the next couple weeks
this is how I plant in my square foot garden. Even after gardening for awhile and basically growing up around farms and gardens,except for a few plants I still suck at telling the difference between a weed and a sprouting seedling. After one to many times of pulling the wrong thing, I started using what I call seedling rings
basically I took 2 inch pvc and cut the pipe into 1.5 inch pieces, I space them out to the required proper spacing and plant my seeds inside the rings, everything that grows inside the ring I leave alone, everything outside the rings it's game on and gets pulled.
I put 2 seeds into each ring, as they sprout I will trim the weaker one
I give the rings a light covering of soil and water, once the plant is growing, I will slide the ring off the plant before it gets to big
planting those peas got me into the planting mood so I decided to clear out the rest of the asparagus bed and the pea bed
more zombie lettuce
I think I'm going to run to johnnies today and pick up some things, peace
15 Feb ’12
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Lookin good ace
19 Feb ’12
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very nice
15 Feb ’12
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I had ordered this deal the other day from markdown.com,
http://www.markdown......zYwfHwxNjE
I figured it would take a week or so to get but was surprised when mail man dropped off a package today
the seed vaults were secured in bubble wrap
all the extra items in the deal
the vaults were well sealed
seeds included in the vault are clearly marked on the outside of the container
I decided I'm going to test out the vault in the garden, I am only going to use these seeds and see what type of results we get. One vault is going in the pantry, one is going into the ground, now I need to work on my layout
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