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Experiment Number Two: Seed Tray Ho!
I started with a whole new approach today. I am a bad scientist because I changed a few different things instead of just one at a time. What can I say. I am impatient! The first different thing I tried was I went back to my “seed starter” tray that I got from one of […]
Failure is a Key Part of Gardening
A couple of weeks ago I tried to get three different seeds started. As of today, none of them have taken off. Nothing green at all. Yeah, I’m kind of bummed. All of this snow on the ground (we got about a food) is making me lust after green things. But it’s important to note […]
Pinteresting Ideas
Hi there! Last week I began my growing adventures, but I sort of didn’t get around to actually getting things started till about Wednesday, so…I don’t have much to report. I am anxiously awaiting the sprouting of spinach, kale, and thyme. In the interim, I have started a Pinterest board tied to this project. Mainly […]
Should I Be Growing Something Now?
Here in southeast Ohio, winter has arrived. Wait, no, there it goes. It’s here. Nope, there it goes. Well, it’s supposed to be here, anyway. I have always thought it was virtually impossible to grow edible items during this time of the year, even when the weather hasn’t been completely psychotic. Shows what I know! […]
Deciding what to grow
The first challenge I am having is thinking about what I actually want to try to grow. It’s easy to think of plants and foods that I love, but it may not be practical to grow those, or they might look pretty but may not be foods I would actually eat a lot. With the […]
Gardening for Renters
For a long time now, I have had the intense desire to have a small farm. This sentiment was only increased after reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a book about a family that did their best to only eat their own home-grown food for a year. Although the woman obviously had some clear advantages over me […]