Before and After Compost tea:
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| Week of transplant; 6 weeks ago |
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| Before Compost tea - 3 weeks growth |
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| AFTER: grew about 1 1/2 - 2 feet in 3 weeks!!!! |
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| AFTER COMPOST TEA and a little pruning |
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Three weeks after compost tea: before and after pics
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
New Beds
Over the weekend I got super ambitious. I came straight home from work on Friday and tore up the entire right side of the property against the fence to put in my full sun veggie plot. I basically tilled about a foot deep, 3 feet wide and about 25 feet long for the new plot. Its super easy to weed when you are just going to till anyway. I just tilled first, and then broke up all the dirt with the shovel and the weeds fall right off.
Stage 1: Tilled the ground up to a foot deep and removed all grass and weeds
Stage 2: Removed bricks and dug raised bed trenches.
Stage 3: Installed wood to make raised beds (6$ total at Urban Ore)
Stage 4: Raked, swept and evened out dirt.
Stage 1: Tilled the ground up to a foot deep and removed all grass and weeds
Stage 2: Removed bricks and dug raised bed trenches.
Stage 3: Installed wood to make raised beds (6$ total at Urban Ore)
Stage 4: Raked, swept and evened out dirt.
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| Stage 2 |
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| Stage 3 |
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| Stage 4 and Stella LOVING the worms and bugs I dug up for her |
I have backyard dreams...
...and as one of my favorite fortune cookies once said (somewhat recently), "Goals are dreams with a plan and a time-line." How inspiring. When I look at my new, large back yard, all I can think is this place has so much potential.
My plan: to turn the back, right side of the lot into a new plot of veggies. I might leave the dirt flat and just put a little border to avoid erosion, or do raised beds either by stacking bricks that are already there, or by going to Urban Ore to pick up some salvage wood for cheap. You can get anything there from claw foot bathtubs and sinks, to antique furniture and wood salvage. It's a recyclers dream.
My time-line: July 31st, 2011
Not only do I dream of raised beds, but we will be getting a Vizsla Dog in about 2 months, and so I am going to have to build a duck run for Stella. Until we can be sure that she is secure all day, you can never be too safe. I'm thinking about building something like this.
My plan: to turn the back, right side of the lot into a new plot of veggies. I might leave the dirt flat and just put a little border to avoid erosion, or do raised beds either by stacking bricks that are already there, or by going to Urban Ore to pick up some salvage wood for cheap. You can get anything there from claw foot bathtubs and sinks, to antique furniture and wood salvage. It's a recyclers dream.
My time-line: July 31st, 2011
Not only do I dream of raised beds, but we will be getting a Vizsla Dog in about 2 months, and so I am going to have to build a duck run for Stella. Until we can be sure that she is secure all day, you can never be too safe. I'm thinking about building something like this.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Abundance - Week 12
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| That was just dirt my first post - 3 mo. ago - ALL from seed |
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| Sweet pea flowers - soon to be peas! |
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| My heirloom tomatoes are strong and healthy |
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| Elephant Garlic getting huge |
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| Arugula taking over my life - please come help eat it! |
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| Crinkle leaf and romaine lettuce |
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| Peas, onions, chard and empty radish plot shot |
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