Archive | April, 2012

Deluge!

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.  ~Author Unknown

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5 Easy Steps to Worm Farm Success.

”It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as these lowly organised creatures” ~ Charles Darwin, about earthworms, in 1881 In the last few days, I have sent my some of my worms off to new homes. To be honest, I feel responsible [...]

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Composting Challenge

My whole life has been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that let’s you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first compost heap. ~ Bette Midler I am already pretty good with the composting. I have [...]

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Heirloom VS Hybrid

The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.~ Gertrude Jekyll For those of you that are newish to veggie gardening, it’s easy to be a little befuddled by the distinction between heirloom and hybrid seeds.    So to try and clear things up, here’s the simplest explanation I could muster. Heirloom seeds have been [...]

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Finally, Planting!

One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.  ~W.E. Johns Most unusually for a garden blog, I have not planted anything these last few months.  Just as I was going to rename my blog to something like “Rants-about-the-heat-and-drought” the seasons seemed to shift and the cool break has arrived. [...]

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