Archive for 'Soil'
Posted: February 15th, 2007 by
Lisa
On Tuesday, we went out to stock up on groceries and stuff, along with the rest of the state, of course. When we got back, there was yet another sheep break-out, which is really frustrating. I think what happened is Bill and George, who are in with the llamas, worked open their gate, which doesn’t
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Posted under Farm Life, Fencing, Lily beetles, Llama, Sheep, Snow, Soil, Wind, Worms.
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Posted: January 24th, 2007 by
Lisa
Last summer and fall, Valerie and Kevin cleared about half an acre, renting an escavator, pulling the trees out completely, so that it isn’t stumpy out there, which is great. There are still a few large brush piles out there, though. We tried to burn one this winter, and probably got two-thirds of it
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Posted under Fencing, Other People's Pasture, Pasture, Soil.
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Posted: January 21st, 2007 by
Lisa
We are traveling for a little mini-weekend vacation on March 2, to Greenbay, Wisconsin. Frank mentioned that perhaps we should drive, so that we could stop in to some of his relatives in Michigan. I remembered that there’s an Icelandic chicken breeder out in Illinois, and maybe we could pick up some chicks or eggs.
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Posted under Bjarki, Chickens, Dogs, Farm Life, Pigs, Soil.
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Posted: October 24th, 2004 by
Lisa
We finally attacked the bed where I want all of the new bulbs to go. I was dreading it, but it wasn’t that bad. We pulled all of the glads and dahlias, and I’m amazed at how great that soil is. This is the new bed I did this spring, with the lasagna method and
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Posted under Bindweed, Brambles, Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Clearing, Forsythia, Gardening, Gladiola, Lasagna Layering, Mulch, Pasture, Reviews, Sheep, Soil, Stone walls, Tractor, Weeding, Weeds, Worms, dahlia.
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Posted: November 1st, 2003 by
Lisa
I’ve been gone all week in DC, so coming home to a serious day of gardening was just what the doctor ordered, and the weather cooperated nicely. There wasn’t really much blue sky, but it was warm and it wasn’t raining, and I’ll take that after the cold and wet fall we’ve been having
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Posted under Compost, Firewood, Marmalade, Mulch, Pond scoop, Princess, Soil, Worm Castings, tree peony.
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Posted: October 31st, 2003 by
Frank
The last day of October was one of the few bright clear ones we’ve had. These late fall days with nothing but oak leaves left on the trees aren’t as flashy as when the maples are burning, but the dark red-brown against the green pines is still a fine show. Lyle Handy showed up earlier
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Posted under Driveway, Mulch, Pond scoop, Reviews, Soil, Tractor.
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Posted: October 6th, 2003 by
Lisa
With how rainy the weather’s been this year, we’ve really gotten behind on the chores that need to get done before snow flies. We figure the only way we are going to get through them is to work outside after work if at all possible. Today, it was clear and cold, and we didn’t get
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Foxglove, Phlox, Planting, Pond, Reviews, Soil, water plants.
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Posted: September 27th, 2003 by
Lisa
Lyle Handy showed up at 7:30 this morning to get started stumping the new veggie patch. Heavy equipment is a good thing. Frank had him move the big stumps to the area that should be behind where the garden shed is going to go. He told him to scrape off what top soil there was
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Posted under Back Hoe, Boulders, Clearing, Design Ideas, Drill, Garden Shed, Raised Beds, Soil.
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Posted: August 14th, 2003 by
Lisa
We went to the grand opening of a Home Depot in Keene last night. Their nursery isn’t great, but we did get some good deals. We were a bit disappointed in how many zone six and seven plants we saw. Keene might be zone 5, but most of the hill towns around Keene are
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Posted under Batik, Bearded, Compost, Gardening, Iris, Lawn, Night Owl, Orange Parade, Planting, Pruning, Rain, Sarah Bernhardt, Soil, Sunny, Worms, peony.
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Posted: August 4th, 2003 by
Lisa
We had heavy, heavy rain most of the day today. I remain quite surprised at how well all the flowers are holding up, because the rain has been so hard that I expect to look out and see all the flower stalks lying on the ground, but so far, so good. The hollyhocks are blooming
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Posted under Clematis, Compost, Delphinium, Grapes, Grow lights, Hollyhocks, Honeysuckle, Pallets, Rain, Scrounged, Soil, Star Gazer, pergola.
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