Garden Fuss

I am so excited and passionate about our 2010 garden.  After such a hard winter my daughter and I are so ready to get started with everything. But alas we had to slow ourselves down and begin the process of planning and now executing our plan for the upcoming season. First we started out by creating a list of inventory. Our inventory consisted of 1 through 3 year old vegetable and flower seeds. The seeds that were past expiration were tossed and the remaining seeds were categorized by type and the dates we can start them in-doors.  We then purchased new heirloom seeds locally from Mother Earth Garden Center and mail order from RH Shumway. From there we decided to bring back the process of seed starting in an aquarium, which we found on GardenWeb last year. This process worked so well for our family. It will protect the seedlings from snoopy puppies, and small children who walk by and want to repeatedly take the lids off of the plastic seed starter kits you buy at the store.  The follo

I've been meaning to make these sooner, but after watching Rick Bayless win Master Top Chef status I was re-inspired. VIVA LA MEXICO.... I LOVE THE LANGUAGE AND THE FOOD. Even if my spelling is off today. No time for spell check when there is melty smelty cheese and enchilada sauce around.

Last year I decided to try starting my vegetable and flower garden from seeds " before " our actual growing season. Because I am also into being green and reusing items, I was able to borrow/salvage a #20 gallon fish tank and use it to start all kinds of good eats.  Below are pictures of our aquarium nursery. So far this growing season we have Leeks which we started two weeks ago, and Celery which we started 5 days ago. Since March has finally arrived we will be adding imensely to our in-door veggie tank patch. Make sure to visit again soon to see a list of vegetables and flowers we are adding this year.

It only took us 2 hours but we finished the birthday cake and still have almost an hour to get ready for the party. I don't know if I'll look as good as the cake but I will try. HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

We installed it today with the help of my technical background and the hubby's plumbing background. We did it and no one was injured in the process! When doing home repair though it's never just cut and dry. It was more like move old one out, clean area, repair wall behind old one including new insulation, drill new hole for waste line,Then start the installation of new appliance. Now that we are finished and the first small load has been cleaned and dried we are so ready for relaxation. But of course the garden calls. The celery seeds have just joined the leek seedlings in the tank. I am so excited because we have baby leeks popping up in all their containers. This adrenalin rush won't last though so now I'm planning bath and bed. Where are my new ParkSeed Magazines?

Dinner tonight is fried chops, veggie cakes, rice & gravy, with an avacado salad.

Last year we put together a compost bin using 1x6's and it was quite an endeavor. By the end of the growing season we had lost a side so we started to rethink our design. Just in-case you're a beginning gardener and you are not familiar with the word compost, our friends at Wikipedia define it as such: Compost  (pronounced  /ˈkɒmpɒst/  or  US   /ˈkɒmpoʊst/ ) is a combination of decomposed plant and animal materials and other  organic materials that are being decomposed largely through  aerobic decomposition  into a rich black  soil . The process of  composting  is simple and practiced by individuals in their homes, farmers on their land, and industrially by industries and cities.  Compost soil is very rich soil and used for many purposes. A few of the places that it is used are in  gardens ,  landscaping ,  horticulture , and agriculture . The compost soil itself is beneficial for the land in many ways, including as a  soil conditioner , a  fertilizer  to add vital  humus  or