After a close encounter with frost Tuesday night, transplanting started seriously Wednesday. I was looking at the forecast and almost decided to risk it and plant tomatoes Tuesday. It turned out that we got a fairly widespread frost and I probably would have lost what I planted. A bit of a lucky [...]
The first bed of carrots I planted have germinated fairly well from the looks of it (click to enlarge). I’m always a bit anxious about carrots coming up. They take a week or more to germinate and they’re pretty fussy about being moist and just below the soil for the whole time. [...]
This past weekend with the help of my brother and dad who were visiting, I got my irrigation setup and working. There are a still a few kinks to work out (literally and figuratively) but it is doing what it is supposed to. As expected, after all was set and working on Monday [...]
This week is feels transitional for a couple reasons. First, it is the first week I am not going into the office to work at all. That really hit home today (Wednesday) because that’s usually where I am. Second, the weather is really starting to make me feel ready to plant frost [...]
So, today is my last day at work. I’m probably going to be doing some contract work to make sure the transition goes smoothly. I hope all goes well with the company (Kleer) as I’ve been there right from the super early beginnings.
This past week I’ve been trying to take it easy on [...]
Poo jokes never get old. Today was an exciting day. I received a tri-axle (dump truck) load of cow manure this morning. About 2 hours later another truck came with a load of city compost. I’ve been stressing for the last couple weeks about where I was going to get my [...]
