I have a theory, gleaned from the two time periods (back about fifteen years ago and now) that I started a new garden for food production. There seems to be definite stages people go through:
Fumbling around — This is usually what happens the first year in a new place: half-heartedly putting things in the ground, […]
I figured out the numbers for April (except the water bill’s not in yet) for the Riot for Austerity challenge, and I got a nice surprise!
Here’s the numbers we started out with back in June 2007:
Gasoline: 59% of the American national average
Electricity: 425% (multiple computers, TV’s, and lights on all the time, in an almost […]
Remember that garden plot I told you about before? Well, I’ve been hauling compost to fill it one bucket at a time, and today I put some of the wood chips (from the branches that fell in the ice storm) on top as mulch. The mulch made this look nicer and makes it so I […]
So it was nice out today, and I had an hour, so I decided to do a little project: make a new garden plot in the front yard.
Now most people would think this is difficult, but it wasn’t.
Here’s what you need (click on the pictures to enlarge):
Newspaper and a bucket of water. You also need […]
… but I got a link to this video in my email today, and I just had to share it. It’s all about how to quickly put a water feature in your yard. If you use edible plants and fish, you have a pretty close to instant aquaponics garden! How cool is that?
Garden Girl TV: […]
Here’s an interesting article, even if it gets a bit weird at the end: The Waking-Up Syndrome
[…] While the sky may not be falling, this day-after-day onslaught of alarming news is making it more difficult simply to overlook the triple threat of environmental, climatic and economic concerns. It’s leaving many of us feeling like Alice […]
The year’s almost over!
Today I spent a little time getting ready for an ice storm that’s on its way. Hopefully it won’t be too bad. The last two meant a couple days stuck inside but we didn’t lose power or anything like some here did.
Here’s some links for the weekend:
“A crime against humanity”
It doesn’t get […]
Our Thanksgiving dinner went well. This year, I put the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the solar oven!
The temperature inside got up to 220F, but after a few hours the clouds rolled in and eventually I had to finish them up indoors.
Here’s what we had for dinner:
Locally grown free-range turkey with regional brown rice stuffing: […]
I finally found my camera. For some reason it was in the boys’ room.
Anyway, here’s the picture of my backyard sweet potato harvest (click to enlarge):
That’s just the ones from the back yard. The small ones I’m saving to plant next year. Even though it doesn’t look like much I was still pretty happy with […]
Tennessee town is out of water
The severe drought tightening like a vise across the Southeast has threatened the water supply of cities large and small, sending politicians scrambling for solutions. But Orme, about 40 miles west of Chattanooga and 150 miles northwest of Atlanta, is a town where the worst-case scenario has already come to […]
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