Well, our community garden at Epic isn't doing so well. Okay, so the lettuce is doing GREAT, but I seem to have killed most of the squash (I couldn't bring myself to just cull, I tried to transplant, which seems to have caused them to all die). And I love squash and am not a huge fan of lettuce, so this makes me sad. The tomatoes that we planted ( Read more... )

Last night Josh and I made Chili Spaghetti (Cincinnati Chili over spaghetti with cheese on top), only we substituted spaghetti squash for the spaghetti. We first saw this substitution of squash for pasta at Chris and Newt's house a few years ago, and I must say neither of us were too keen on the idea at the time. However, Josh and I both really ( Read more... )

The are precious few signs of worms or compost in my compost... but if I don't miss my guess, the 4 little green things poking their heads up out of it are volunteer butternut squash plants.

Score!

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Something has happened that I never really expected to have happen once we were married. It seems we are going to be sharing our home with another couple. Fortunately, I don't think they are going to take up much space. That's right, Mr. and Mrs. House Finch are building a nest on our balcony ( Read more... )

The day before yesterday, my garden was visited by a lovely pair of doves.  They were so sweet, walking about on my planters.  It didn't really bother me, since I figured that there weren't any seeds out there I anticipated growing anyhow.  I saw them again Friday morning, got some photos, and said to myself and Josh, "Aw, how cute.  We should get ( Read more... )

Well, it seems I spoke too soon the other day. The weather has gotten lovely and my plants are starting to grow! ( Since I bet you don't all care as much as I do )

I took a few extra minutes this morning before work to look over my garden. There seems to be some mold growing on some of the soil, and it bothers me. I have 3 pasta bowls, 3 yogurt containers, and 1 milk jug bottom all growing plants inside. I've noticed mold growing on the soil in at least 2 of the yogurt containers, and I think maybe the ( Read more... )

I let the balcony get pretty overgrown last summer. I had 7 long planters, 3 of which I put on hangers over the edge of the railing. The other 4 long planters were along the ground. Additionally, I wasn't real smart about where I planted things. Oh yes, I was thoughtful... I thought things planted below would climb up the rails... or that the ( Read more... )

A decision about compost has been made. It should not put me in any danger of eviction or divorce. The first bag is in the freezer already. We'll see how it goes.

http://www.dfwnetmall.com/earth/compost-condo-apartment.htm