How to build a cold frame for the salad table

How to build a cold frame for the salad table

In 2009, when winter just seemed to be dragging on forever, we decided to build a cold frame for our beloved salad table so that we could extend our growing season just a bit. We’ve actually had lamb’s lettuce and spinach growing (oh so slowly) in there...
How to build a cold frame for the salad table

What we’re up to this week

I mentioned a while back that we were thinking about digging up a bunch of the pavers in our courtyard and putting in some new growing beds. Although I haven’t mentioned much more about, we have been thinking about how to realize this plan and finally found the...
How to build a cold frame for the salad table

Filling & trimming our aquaponics grow bed

I talked a little bit yesterday about the different types of aquaponics growing media that are available for consideration. As I mentioned, we went with expanded clay pebbles (4-16mm big) which were actually made exactly for this purpose. The exact pebbles we got are...
How to build a cold frame for the salad table

Selecting aquaponics growing media

It’s been a while since I talked about our aquaponics system, but we have indeed been working on it and it’s actually running very well. We’ve had our beds filled and even have plants in it but I putting the events down in words has taken a while...
Show us your garden: Starting a lasagna garden

Show us your garden: Starting a lasagna garden

You get to hear a lot about me, our farm and our garden here every day, but I know so many of you are doing fantastic things at home, in your own gardens, and I would really love to hear about it. There are so many great ideas floating around and I’ll never be...