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Well, it’s spring again and we have started full force in the gardening for this year. Time to attempt to write in the blog more again. I planted some seeds in February but most of them perished. Even in a nice warm room by a super sunny window under a little fan, they … Continue reading 2012 Garden Plans 
We have some beautiful flowers and bushes around here. One of my goals is to eventually be able to identify all the plants that grow on our land. I’m thinking I might make a little journal or scrapbook to keep track of them. Let’s start with this one, anyone know what it is? (ETA: … Continue reading Getting to know the local flora 
Ours doesn’t this year, not really. We’ve had so much else to do: chickens, fruit trees, painting, etc. that the annual vegetable garden kind of fell low on the priority list. I planted some cold weather veggies (spinach, lettuce, peas, and a few others), and the slugs gobbled them all up as fast as … Continue reading How does your garden grow? 
We love potatoes, and growing potatoes is so easy. It’s something I have done every year the last few years, and we always run out by October or November. So I ordered a lot this year. I ended up ordering from Eagle Creek Farms because they sell Green Mountain potatoes, a variety … Continue reading Potatoes I have been interested in permaculture for a long time. The idea of working with nature to take advantage of the resources you have available, and seeing the positive side of aspects that others might only see as negatives, really appeals to me. For example, here in the Pacific Northwest we … Continue reading Permaculture I’d read about seed balls a few times and thought it might be an interesting project to try, but hadn’t got around to it. Basically, seed balls are a mixture of clay, compost, and seeds formed into a ball. The clay protects the seed from birds and insects, the compost gives it something to … Continue reading Preschool garden project: Seed balls |
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