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Rain Barrel Improvements

John — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:22:46 +0000

This past weekend the rain barrels were set up, though not without mishap. This is always a bit of a chore because it involves the not-so-nice task of climbing a ladder and cleaning the gutter of all the rotting debris that has accrued through the fall and winter. The barrels were righted and the [...read more]

Garden Week in Review

John — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:36:56 +0000

On Monday I went out to the asparagus bed and counted eight spears poking their way up through the soil. By the weekend that number had tripled and most of them look to be nice and fat. I’ve read that asparagus planted too shallow will result in thin, spindly spears. Planting deeper yields fewer [...read more]

Warming Up the Greenhouse

John — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:18:47 +0000

What a difference a year makes. Last year, Phyllis planted peas on February 28th. This year, it’s early March and my beds are all frozen and half are still covered in snow. Meanwhile, my fellow New England gardening bloggers have been furiously posting about the seeds they’ve started and torturing me with tantalizing photos [...read more]

a 3-zone irrigation system

John — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:52:55 +0000

The last few years we have been watering the east garden by hand, which was manageable but tiresome. Earlier this year I experimented with some old soaker hoses I’ve had lying around but the results weren’t acceptable. Soaker hoses just don’t work very well when you’re trying to keep an area moist, such as [...read more]

Greenhouse Growing

Phyllis — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:07:07 +0000

Juliana Mini 3 Greenhouse

Temps in the greenhouse have been reliably about 10 to 20 degrees higher or more than the air temps, and I want to see if I can extend our season into fall. An extra 10 to 20 degrees means that we may be able to have fresh [...read more]