Garden Methods
Soil Test #1
You don’t need to call an expert out to your garden in order to grow great stuff to eat and look at. You become the expert (former drip under pressure) there are tons and tons (literally by weight) of books out there in libraries and book stores and pamphlets in garden shops to help you … Continue reading
Makin’ Room and Changing Places
Crowded The Hippy Hot Hut is crowded! Packed full and I haven’t even dented what I was supposed to have in starts this year. The bench is full, and so is the north wall shelves, hanging bar and floor. The bench is mostly propagation heat mat covered and in direct sunlight. It is the main … Continue reading
In and Out of Trouble Again
Vicktory Farm & Gardens’ CFO said that I had better get to posting if I want to see any more funds come my way for my pet projects. And he wanted the post to be about him. So here you have it, the latest Dirt miracle. How We Form A Garden Here at VF&G it … Continue reading
The View from My Armchair
It’s that time of year again! This is the time of the year when the soil is either too soggy or frozen, right now it is too soggy, to be doing much in the garden. The drainage ditches are all tidied up and doing their job, it just happens to be raining constantly. There is … Continue reading
Brrr. Thinkin’ of Tomatoes
Sure hope the tomatoes survived the chilly temperature of last night. I’ll know in an hour and a half when I go out to the Market Garden to fetch more tomatoes to can. The tomato plants here at Vicktory Farm & Gardens spend their whole life (after transplanting) in a poly tunnel, or high tunnel, … Continue reading
A Fairly Uncommon Atmospheric Occurrence
The following photos have not gone through the Photoshopmill, mostly to conserve time, but also to be able to say beyond a shadow of doubt, that we, Bet and I, saw what we saw. Cloud iridescence. Fascinating. Don’t you think Dear Reader? Like cloud rainbows. All about thin clouds, sun angle just right, … Continue reading
Wooly Onions
Some experiments succeed, some experiments fail. And others hang in this sort of “I’m not so sure” grey area. The experiment in question: Use wool to mulch overwinter onions. Why wool as a mulch? The wool that Dirt’s sheep produce is marginal at best. We also do not have the equipment at this time to … Continue reading
Propagating for Pleasure
Not all that gets propagate around here is for the dinner table and sustaining the body, sometimes it is just for sustaining the soul. I used to be a huge house plant person. Even my dormitory room at college was draped with vines and hanging pots. (Yes, it is true, I wasted my parent’s money … Continue reading
Weird And Wonderful, That’s Us!
Dave’s choice of a theme for this week’s header challenge is “Weird and Wonderful”. I’ve got the weird covered and Dirt always handles the wonderful part. I’m a bit late again with my post, a sunny day and lots still to finish before the real cold weather sets in. Not to mention a bit of … Continue reading
"Landfill" or Was That "Land Phil"?
No, pretty sure that was “Landfill”, Imac’s choice for this week’s header challenge theme, so no pictures of Phil on his land (Land Phil) but now you are reminded of why Phil is called Dirt, you know…”Fill Dirt Wanted”. This then would be my pictorial representation of “Landfill” from the farm perspective. I have no idea … Continue reading
