Well, It seems like forever ago since I started the posts about the potato experiment that my friend Kenny and I were going to do over the summer. Things got busy and complicated and we have all been taking care of business. I have a few minutes before I close up the office for the [...]
Archive for the ‘Re-Purposed’ Category
…Seven Potato More…
Posted in Guest Gardeners, Potatoes, Re-Purposed, Vegetables, tagged blue potatoes, Bucket Potatoes, French Fingerlings, garden, garden blog, Harvest, Potatoes, raised beds, Re-purposed, recycle on November 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Two Fish Swimming in Opposite Directions
Posted in Art, Favorite Things, Re-Purposed, tagged Aristotle, Fence, Garden Art, Glass Paint, Mermaids, Pisces, Re-purposed, Sash Window on June 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
One of my new garden friends, Diana from Porterville, Western Cape, South Africa, has asked me to blog post about my header. I though it would be the perfect post for one of those nights when I’m pooped and headed for bed early or unable to focus on more. Tonight is definitely that night. So: [...]
Cleaning House
Posted in Re-Purposed, tagged hose quide, pruning, pulling weeds, waning moon on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend was spent pulling grass and weeds, trimming and pruning, staking/trellising and tidying up the garden. Reward for my efforts came in the form of a wheelbarrow full of trimmings and some aches and scrapes – my garden doesn’t even look any thinner or sparser. It’s getting crowded and LUSH, but I want it [...]
One potato, two potato…
Posted in Potatoes, Re-Purposed, Vegetables, tagged almanac, cat litter bucket, Charles Dickens, garden potatoes, Potatoes, repurposed, seed potatoes on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. ~ Charles Dickens My almanac tells me that the best time to plant potatoes is when the moon is waning in Pisces. Well, that’s today! Thankfully, the seed potatoes I ordered from Seed Savers Exchange had already sprouted and were quite [...]
Fun With Power Tools
Posted in Re-Purposed, tagged chest of drawers, dresser, planting boxes, raised bed, recycle, repurposed furniture, upcycled, wine crate, wooden wine box on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I finally took some time to get my wooden wine boxes ready for planting in, as well as the old chest of drawers that had finally seen the last days of its ability to hold clothing. For the dresser, I took all the drawers out and planned to use the main part as [...]
Does lettuce have a soul?
Posted in Leafy Greens, Poetry & Borrowed Words, Re-Purposed, Uncategorized, tagged almanac, lettuce, repurposed furniture, Robert Louis Stevenson, Swiss Chard on February 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant~Robert Louis Stevenson My almanac said these last few days were the days to plant leafy vegetables. Since I’m starting from seeds to save money this year, I thought following the almanac would not only be fun, it would provide [...]
