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Category Archives: DIY
Starting a new vegetable garden
There are lots of ways to start a new vegetable garden; removing sod, rotting sod, bringing in new soil, and the ‘lasagna method’. I read about them all. And, in the end, I did them all. First though, I tried the easiest: the lasagna method Continue reading
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Newspaper Pots
The tomato seedlings needed transplanting. Their wee roots were poking out the bottom of the egg carton and the true leaves were having trouble growing. Books recommended transplanting to 4″ pots around this time. But I didn’t have any and didn’t want to buy any. So I looked around for a solution that would be free and for which I had the materials. Newspaper pots! Continue reading
Posted in DIY, starting seeds
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Spring in Seattle!
It no longer freezes at night, buds are swelling on our trees, and our chicken Baracka wants to mate. Spring has arrived. For my part, I frantically plant seeds that my books tell me I could have planted last month, some outdoors, some in. Two weeks ago I planted tomato seeds from 2008 in egg cartons in the kitchen windows. I also started other longer season crops like onions, peppers, and eggplant (yes, I may be dreaming). Continue reading
Posted in DIY, geek, Scientific, starting seeds, tomatoes
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Fences that disappear
Trim, layer, trim, layer. That’s the sound of us filling our composting fence.
It took us about 45 min to dig hole, plant post, pack gravel, then string the wire mesh. Subsequently, we fill the fence at our leisure.
Drag over the pile of branches from the Japanese maple, break them down, drop them in. Trim the pine, layer the lovely needled limbs. Cut back the hedge, drop it in. Layer on layer to the top. Continue reading
Posted in compost bins, composting fence, DIY, Sustainability, update
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