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Volunteering with Green Corn Project
This weekend we got our hands dirty with Green Corn Project (GCP), a volunteer-run organization we learned about through the Citizen Gardener program. GCP’s mission is to help Central Texans gro… more →
Blandria's Backyard Garden
The Progression of Health
wrote 1 week ago: We believe there is a natural progression or succession in the health of different entities. It goe … more →
Double-digging, again
wrote 1 week ago: Gathering the tools. It’s raining. The horizon-to-horizon grey is doing my vitamin D level no … more →
Tired of Waiting
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wrote 2 weeks ago: There comes a time in someone’s life where they become tired of waiting; fed up of hearing tha … more →
Building Soil
wrote 2 weeks ago: total depth: 24 inchesinitial prep=less work later “If we consume food that has been grown usi … more →
A Garden of My Own
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wrote 3 months ago: This past week, on a particularly dreary day when I was dreaming of spring, I decided to start worki … more →
Rooots & Manure - continuing the debate
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wrote 8 months ago: I posted in April about the ubiquitous advice on not sowing carrots & parsnips in manured ground … more →
Preparing Raised Garden Beds
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wrote 11 months ago: After the birth of Little Miss Independence, in an attempt to further cut costs but still eat health … more →
Garden Tips: Working the Soil
wrote 1 year ago: In addition to adding compost and other amendments, a gardener needs to fluff up and aerate the soil … more →
Talkin Dirty
wrote 1 year ago: I thought you would like to hear my dirty talk. You know what I mean. This was the perfect weekend f … more →
new bed
wrote 1 year ago: The good husband was very nice and mowed a big strip in our field for me to start the vege patch. I … more →
Beets and carrot seeds planted
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wrote 1 year ago: The bed shown here got worked on last weekend. I dug it over as deep as I could with my garden spad … more →
Breaking in a new garden
wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday in my rototiller post I mentioned that we are installing a new garden in an area that once … more →
the little garden that could
wrote 1 year ago: Back in February, my parents said they’d let me turn a patch of earth at their house into a ga … more →
Why double dig?
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wrote 1 year ago: Whenever I mention that I double dig the vegetable beds, someone toddles along to tell me it’s … more →
Double Digging
wrote 1 year ago: A ‘dig’ is both a verb and a noun. To dig as a verb means to break up, turn, or loosen … more →
A simple guide to raised bed gardening
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wrote 1 year ago: I am writing this post based on a half-hearted request of a friend. So I figure “why not write … more →
Soil Improves
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wrote 1 year ago: The greatest improvement in our garden from last year’s spring planting until this one is defi … more →
California Gardening in Winter
wrote 1 year ago: This post has been generously shared, in its entirety, by Love Apple Farms, a wonderful organic an … more →
Double Digging
wrote 1 year ago: This weekend we finally got the house all cleaned up. Once we started pressure washing it, we realiz … more →
