Category Archives: Planting

A Rhubarb Bed in 2 Hours

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Somewhere, in front of this fence, lurking behind all that grass and weeds, are two Victoria rhubarb plants. Can you make them out? Due to terrible initial planning [..]

Gardening, Planning, Planting

First Seeds In the Ground

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

In the garden, my largest battle every year is without a question weeds. They rule everything, relentlessly. The first year I tried to garden, I didn’t really know [..]

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It’s Seed-Starting Time, Part 1

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Spring has arrived really, really early here in central Michigan. Temperatures have consistently been in the 60′s and 70′s for a couple of weeks, which is just… crazy. Typically, [..]

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A Pendulum, C’est Moi

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 3

Finding The Happy Medium for me has never been an easy thing. Last year, there was much unused space in the garden, because I planted everything Terribly Close [..]

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From Winter to Summer in One Week Flat

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Those of you who live in places that typically have four seasons might remember, perhaps with fondness, how “spring” used to be a proper season. It often came [..]

Gardening, Planning, Planting, Tools

*Now* it feels like spring, man.

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 5

Given the brutality of this recent winter in Michigan, I have been afraid to give in to the “ah, it’s finally spring” feeling that’s been poking its head [..]

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Oh – It’s spinach!

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

Everyone who is not a garden geek, please ignore the entirety of this post. Seriously, not worth the time. Ok, is it just us nerds in here? The [..]

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The Speed of Beans, Part Deux

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

For anyone who was unimpressed with the 24-hour growth of my beanie-weanies, check this out. These are the same plants – five hours later: Still underwhelmed? Man, tough [..]

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The Speed of Beans

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

Fast. Fast is the speed of beans. This is a photo of some two-day-old bean sprouts yesterday. These are the same plants today (off to the left of [..]

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Mother Nature Wastes No Time

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 2

This was the dreary sight that awaited me yesterday when I at last began to try to get things readied for spring. I went around and gathered up [..]

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