Since we’re in full gardening mode here, I was just thinking about the possibility of building our own tomato stands. We have tons of scrap wood around here so we’re thinking something like this would be quite practical. The height is a bit strange so we might do some modifications but the principle is very […]

Although we’re keeping up with a lot of our day to day stuff in this blog, I’ve started a garden journal in a binder to track the progress of the plants and garden. There are many ways of keeping a journal and many suggestions and plans on the web…but I unfortunately couldn’t find any true […]

When we bought the framework for the greenhouse foundation today, we also ordered 35 bags of cement to be delivered. They told us we could have it delivered on Thursday but we’ve been playing with the idea of picking it up ourselves in the Defender. It would probably take two trips but it’s heavy and […]

We started our fun filled week of gardening at the local home improvement store, where we picked up the dozens of things we need to build the greenhouse. Among them was a miter saw, which we will need to build various things around the farm. Hubby already had a jig saw and a circular saw […]

As you can see, the cucumbers we bought are thriving. The leaves of four plants are up to the top of the mini-greenhouse now after just barely peaking out yesterday. I guess it’s a very good thing we’re building the greenhouse at the moment since these plants are not going to be able to stay […]