Category Archives: intensive gardening

Harvest for August

Maybe I should change the name of the post to the NON-harvest for August.  It was dismal.  even the egg numbers weren’t good between the heat and vacations. Eggs – 73 Watermelons – 2 melons totaling 24.5 lbs NM Peppers … Continue reading

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Quick Update on the Craziness

It’s been crazy, but it’s going well: – mapping out the new raised beds  –  DONE – acquiring wood for the new beds and wall units  –  1/2 DONE – assembling the beds and wall units – purchasing some compost … Continue reading

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Busy, busy, and time to get busy

As it says in my “About Me” tab, I’m a Christ follower and father of four boys, so life, especially in the summer time, is busy.  I think I’ve spent more time in the northeast part of the state the … Continue reading

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Gardening Books

I’m just getting into gardening books.  I recently read Perennial Vegetables which I found pretty interesting but the concept of plants that are around all of the time, taking up garden space, but only producing during one season was kind of … Continue reading

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Harvest for July

I’m jumping the gun by a day because… I didn’t get anything out of the garden this morning.  I’m going to estimate the eggs for the day, which won’t effect things too much.  July production in general has fallen off … Continue reading

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