.... aaaand after all of that, I finally went with alaskagarden.tumblr.com. If garden pictures sound like your thing, follow away! I'm not sure how frequently I'll actually manage to update it (obviously not a whole lot in the winter), but I expect to have fun playing with it for awhile.

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Okay, it's down to two possibilities for the garden-picture Tumblr. One is the top vote-getter on the last poll; the other is one that was suggested in comments, and I really can't decide between them. Aesthetically I lean somewhat more toward the first, but I have "alaska" in the name of most of my non-fannish social media (layla-in-alaska, ( Read more... )

I love my family dearly, and truly enjoy spending time with them; however, after three weeks of travel/visiting/houseguests, I am greatly enjoying having the house to myself again. I dropped off my mom and sister at the train station early this morning, and have had a very relaxing day of writing, working in the garden, and generally enjoying peace ( Read more... )

Today was gorgeous, by Alaskan October standards -- sunny, in the 40s -- and probably one of the last nice days we'll have before it snows, so today was a "getting ready for winter" day. ( Cut for nattering about farm stuff )

I am so happy with the garden this year. I started everything from seed (the only sets I bought were a couple flats of petunias for the front garden bed and baskets, since my petunias didn't bloom 'til late July), and the entire garden, beds and all, was constructed from scratch this spring. And everything has been doing great. From two large ( Read more... )

Dirt: obtained! And, um, wow, a cubic yard of dirt is a lot of dirt. Our poor half-ton pickup looked very ... flat. (Truck: "I am not rated for this! Make it stop ( Read more... )

Today was a yardwork day ... putting together the frames for raised garden beds and partially filling them with semi-composted chicken litter (sawdust, mostly). I think I'm ready to go get a pickup truck load of topsoil in the next couple of days -- our yard is gravel tailings (old mine waste) and we have NO dirt except for the odd bit of river ( Read more... )