What we’re growing right now…

by | Jul 22, 2008 | Garden

If you read this blog often, you know that we tend to grow some things that some might consider strange. Even for us they can be a bit abnormal, but as we try to become more self-sufficient and look towards a future where food costs just continue to rise, we find...

Another hour in the garden…

by | Jul 17, 2008 | Garden

Just spent another bit of time pulling weeds, trimming trees and just trying to get a grip on things in the garden. Overwhelming is certainly one way of describing it! I took some more photos but I barely notice the progress myself…well, actually, I can see the...

A bit of progress in the garden

by | Jul 16, 2008 | Garden

Well, we finally did something about the garden. I feel guilty for not going back there the last two days but Monday I was still recovering from working back there 3 hours on Sunday…and today it was just too hot in the morning to get out there. I may squeeze in...

I almost can’t bear to look…

by | Jun 26, 2008 | Garden

All right…the time has finally come. I am posting pictures of the garden regardless of how painful or embarrassing it might be. Who knows…maybe it will motivate me to get something going back there.The garden does not look good. It’s massively...

Our seedlings are indeed seedlings!

by | Mar 31, 2008 | Garden

As usual I’m a bit overdue to write about what is happening with our little seedlings – but what can you do? I did take some photos of them on March 18th which was about a month after they’d been planted. As you may notice, the zucchini were...

That time of the year again

by | Mar 14, 2008 | Garden

The gardening fever is striking us again (thankfully since we have a nice big space to utilize back there) and we’ve just starting a ton of seeds….of course we are only writing about it on our self-sufficient / garden blog, Self-Reliant Yuppies, so if you...