Weekly Update: June Week 1 - 2010

Now that I have only ONE count it ONE more week of traveling left this year I'll be getting back to much more regular updates to the garden blog. And not a moment to soon as you can see from the early harvest that has already started rolling in! Four of our delicious heads of Romaine lettuce... The lettuce has been CRAZY productive this year. I think we've gone through about 16 heads so far and I have probably 16 more ready to pick as soon as I...

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Weekly Update: April 11th - First Signs of Spring!!

After the crazy snow in February I was beginning to have  my doubts about whether or not I'd ever be able to get thing out into the garden... Seems that 2010 is shaping up to by a very climatologically unpredictable year as just as sudden as the snow fall was an early (and extreme) spring warm up that shot temperatures up into the 70s and 80s in late March and early April! Insane! The sunny days have not gone to waste, and I've...

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And they're off.....

With the garden still encapsulated by a ton of snow from the snowpocalypse of 2010.... It seems strange to have just completed planting of the very first seeds of the 2010 garden season. We're right at about 10 weeks out now from the last frost on May 5th... so time to get rolling with things like lettuce, peppers, and egg plants. I also expanded and reconfigured the shelving units and lights to give more space for the forthcoming seedlings. I'll...

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2010 - Kickoff Post

Well it may be the middle of winter... 16 degrees at the moment (with wind chill)... but it is time to get the planning for this year's garden underway! So far I've combed through no less than 9 different seed catalogs.... narrowed it down to 4 catalogs, and made my master list of seeds that I have and seeds that I need to order for 2010. I'll be placing the orders around the 15th or so. That way I'll have everything in (hopefully!) by the middle of February and be ready to get things started the beginning of March!I've also started working on...

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