Last week we planted onion slips, just in time for a good soaking rain. It seems that the weather worked well with our attempts. Now, we can only hope the rest of the planting season, will turn out as well as it has started. I’ve got all of my seeds ready to put in the seed trays and get sprouted for planting time. Hope to get some seed potatoes soon so they can get sprouted in time for next month’s possible planting.
January 13, 2012
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April 9, 2011
Patio Plants
I’m not sure if you able to see them or not, but there are small flowers on my upside down hanging tomato plant. I live in an apartment and there’s a small patio which I’m able to get almost full sun. So, it gave me an idea to plant a few things that would possibly be beneficial later. I’ve not had good luck with planting in this manner in recent times, so I’m not sure if it will do well this time.
January 8, 2010
Moon Planting
Understanding effects, and timing your gardening chores accordingly, is a basis of moon gardening. The moon moves in a complete cycle every 29 days. In moon gardening, this cycle is divided in four quarters or phases. Phase refers to the moon’s shape viewed from earth during the month. To plant by moon phases you need an almanac or calendar. It lists exact time and date of the moon phases. A lunar month starts with a new moon, also called “dark of the moon”. From the new moon to first quarter and from first quarter to full moon, the moon grows to a crescent and then a full circle, mid-month. The increasing or waxing phases.
January 7, 2010
Getting Ready for Spring
It’s time to get ready for the coming spring. Early in the month, turn under clover and other green manure crops in the vegetable garden so that the soil will be ready for planting next month. Even if you haven’t planted a green manure crop, till the garden to expose overwintering insects. If there hasn’t been any rainfall, make sure to water outside plants, especially if there’s freezing weather. They need to be well hydrated.
Water holiday gift plants with care. Check the soil before watering to make sure it is dry and to avoid drowning plants. Allowing these and other houseplants to dry out between watering will help prevent or control fungus gnats.
September 20, 2009
I recently found some collard seeds, I had left over from last year. So, I planted them in this pot, and many of them came up. These were the only one’s that managed to make it through the hot summer months. Even though they made it, they are still very tender, and I have to protect them, when I know the sun is going to make it a hot day.
August 13, 2009
Planting Sunflower Seeds……..
A farmer in a sunflower field in Los Palacios, Cuba. In a speech to lawmakers last weekend, Raul Castro extolled the value of oxen, saying a pilot program promoting urban farming and relying on the beasts of burden in the central province of Camague.
A farmer works his oxen in a field in Los Palacios, Cuba. Cuba may rely more heavily than ever on oxen to save fuel normally used by heavily machinery.
