sb158 | April 25, 2009
When I posted last night, I said I’d build a Bean Cage in the next few days, but I had to do it today. It’s been a while since I grew bush beans, and I forgot how fast they grow. When I checked on them today, the first sprouts had already grown as tall as the little green cages. My cage isn’t pretty, but I do hope it works.
Here are a couple pics of my pitiful-looking bean cage. (more…)
sb158 | April 22, 2009
Whew! This is really the first chance I’ve had since I last posted to post again. I’ve either been busy doing, instead of writing, or too wiped to even type. That heat out there is gonna kill me yet, I swear.
I’ve been planting babies into the garden, like cukes, stevia, and bee balm, or tomatoes into SWCs. (more…)
sb158 | April 2, 2009
No, not the Creature From The Black Lagoon, though he might well have been made of it. Monster Mud is Joint Compound mixed with latex paint. Burlap, or some other material, is then soaked with Monster Mud and applied to a form to make whatever you want with it.
I first read about it on the Hypertufa forum at Gardenweb, as I’d been thinking about making some containers with hypertufa. Googled it, and found some very interesting ideas. Check it out here.
Sounded alot easier than messing with concrete, so I figured, what the heck, I’ll try it. One of the forums I read said to use masonry sealer to waterproof it. I have no idea if it will work, but I’m having fun trying it.
Here are some pics I took of the WIP. Warning: This post is image-heavy. (more…)
sb158 | March 27, 2009
Wow. Finally remembered to buy a sweet potato at the store to try and grow slips to plant. Yea, I know, it’s late, but we have plenty of summer left in which to grow them, unfortunately. Can you believe it hit 100 degrees today? In MARCH? it’s just not right!
Anyway, I guessed on which end goes in the water. (more…)
sb158 | March 26, 2009
Been really involved in getting this blog ready for public consumption. I used WordPress, about which I knew nothing, and I wanted to make it “gardeny.” Learned alot, mostly by trial and alot of error, but here ya go. Finally got it looking, and working, mostly like I want it. A few minor fixes, but good to go. (more…)
