Modular raised bed system for Square-Foot Gardening
I created a short post a few weeks ago with directions for building a Raised Bed using the square foot gardening approach. I wanted to expand on that article by showing the three raised...
Monthly Archive: January 2010
Seeds are here…
After splitting a major seed purchase with Alicia, I have a lot of new varieties to grow this year! I am most excited about the new Heirloom Tomato varieties, the Runner Beans which should have brighlty colored...
The secret life of a board game geek…
It’s true, I am famous on the internet! To see how, you need to read further… As noted in my recent article, I love board games! One thing I didn’t have time to go into...
First round of Seedlings.
In addition to starting the new year with a frigid swim, I also planted my first round of seeds on January 1st. Here we are, 20 days later, and I have seedlings to show...
Cartooned!
Over the holidays, we traveled to see Amy’s mom in Richmond, VA, to see her dad in Charleston, WV and got to see my parents before and after our east coast trip as they...
Board games that aren’t boring.
I love board games! Most of our favorite board games are fun to play, take around an hour to complete and are easy to learn. Most of the games we play are broadly categorized...
…the making of a Web page logo
You may have noticed some changes in how my blog looks after my recent changes. The most notable changes are: A revised page header which includes a new “search” capability and a different treatment for...
Moved to WordPress
I have moved my blog over from the Blogger platform to WordPress. I chose wordpress as it is well known for good typographic control and extensibility. I think it will be flexible to achieve...
Building Raised Beds
I thought it would be useful to include the schematic I used in building my newest addition to the garden in the form of three 7″ tall 4’x4′ raised garden beds which I built...
Gardening in a Small Suburban Home
In 2006, inspired by the book “The all new Square Foot Gardening” I began gardening in earnest along the side of our small suburban home. I began with four 4×4 foot partially raised beds....
Strange Celebrations
The New Year begins on a rather unlikely day of the year; it is too early to be the coldest day on average, and it misses the shortest day of the year (winter solstice)...
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