We haven’t updated the blog in a while. First off, we bought a house, the one right next door to us. It was a foreclosure and we got a great deal. Over the past month we have been fixing it up (painting and remodeling the bathroom which had rotted subflooring). For pics of the [...]
Bryan stumbled across an interesting challenge put forth on the Chrunch Chicken Blog. Can someone buy sustainably/organically grown food on a food stamp budget.
The rules are:
These are fairly loose rules, but the goal is to buy sustainably grown food:
1. If not LOCALLY PRODUCED, then Organic.
2. If not ORGANIC, then Family farm.
3. If not FAMILY FARM, [...]
We made some adorable little 1′ x 1′ garden boxes today. I will post pictures soon. Here is a log of what we planted.
Box 1 – Sweet Basil (Days to Germination 14 – 18, expect to see sprouts between Apr 5 – 9)
Box 2 – Flat leaf Italian Parsley (Days to Germination 20 [...]
Bryan and I have both finished reading Omnivor’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. After reading Omnivor’s Dilemma, Bryan and I decided we would make a concerted effort to start buying our food more locally. This is not exactly easy in the current structure of the U.S. Agricultural system. However, we have started by producing our own [...]
Check out the calendar in the left hand column on the main page. Important dates are shown in red. If you roll your cursor over them it will tell you what is happening on that date.
Welcome to our little blog. Bryan and I decided we wanted to keep a blog about our garden this year, mostly so we could remember what we right and what we did wrong for future years.
Currently, the status of the garden is: DORMANT. The only thing we have in our garden right now are some [...]
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