For our records… all plants were transplanted on Sunday morning before the Film Festival. Our catnip never popped up. Benson will be so sad. And…tonight, Andy’s constructing our top-bar bee hive. Next week, The Backyard Market will be home to 3 lbs. of bees! Our chicks are two-weeks old today and have really feathered out.Continue reading “Simple Spring Updates”
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Glorious Garlic: Planting 2010
On the 20th, Andy tilled up our “dump garden“. Our future plans for this plot of yard involve lots and lots of garlic. For the past two years, we planted these vampire-repelling bulbs in our large garden, so it’s time to rotate crops. Plus, the dump garden is always open for whatever we feel needsContinue reading “Glorious Garlic: Planting 2010”
The Dump Garden
My creature empathy extends itself to plant empathy. I can’t help it. We plant little seeds in trays, take care of them, nurture them, feed them, love them, put our hopes into them, and then, when it’s time to plant them into the ground outside, inevitably, Andy says, “We don’t have room for ALL ofContinue reading “The Dump Garden”
Fruit Tree Planting
We’ve enjoyed the early spring by cleaning up a neglected part of our yard. Overgrown long before we moved in, about a 1/4 of our yard is now ready to become a mini-orchard. Several mulberry trees are scattered throughout this space, and today, we added two pear trees and two apple trees. Our fruit-tree-planting experienceContinue reading “Fruit Tree Planting”
The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen 