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Luck. Wonderful luck. Fresh air, warm weather, too many plants.

Transplanted the kohlrabi after it got horribly mangled today. And the brocoli. And most of the serano peppers.Not much left to transplant. Red bell peppers. Wonder bells. That's pretty much it.Bloody Butcher tomatoes, T…
Paper pots; lifesavers

So, at the start of this week we started transplanting the tomatoes because they'd begun to become too big for the little greenhouse boxes. All cherry tomatoes, Monday.We have a 106 cherry tomato pots all in all. I kno…
Long overdue update: Starting plants indoors

So, two weekends ago, my Dad got Mom some mini greenhouses for starting seeds indoors. The day after that Sunday, we put all the seeds in all the little non-dirt, dirt...things, and five days later, things started sprout…
It's almost here...

Almost time to make our last plants and seed purchases for the year, and start planting! I'm feeling somewhat panicky about this. Planting everything in just the right spots? Gonna be a challenge!Alot to do. Reading up…
Alright, I admit it, the few things I've splurged on this year have been for me

Or rather, my plants/business. http://www.ethicurean.com/2008/12/04/victory-garden-wish-list/ "Victory garden wishlist" ^ That reminded me so much of the one and only shopping trip that's been accomplished by me in th…
Seedlings update: Some Trouble!

Attack of the killer mold! Aaaaaahhh!!! So far I'm mostly keeping it under control. It's been after my miniature rose and mimosa tree. *grumbles at it* Not anything else. The wolfberry seedlings fell down and died, =o…
Why do I do this to myself? Am I insane?

I've concluded that, yes...yes I am. Every year I volunteer to ring bells for the Salvation Army. PART of it is the meal allowance they give volunteers (the longer you work, the more you work...the more money they can g…
Yay! No chemicals for my plants.

OK, so after some brief research, it looks like our soil just needs building back up and we shouldn't have to worry about there being any chemicals left in the earth from the last people who lived here (they used ROUNDUP…
Insomnia

I always have insomnia when cool things happen. It's been rather stormy here, so I haven't been able to go out and take pictures of plants recently put in the ground or of things, and being tired makes me sluggish. I p…
Scatterbrain. To-do list, and just some thoughts

I'm surprised more people don't have blogs here at healthkicker. Most people who participate here seem to be xangans! Alrighty, so what have I done already?: I've more or less crunched the numbers of the space we have a…