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Square Foot Gardening Update: Box #2

Agh. A week went by and I ran out of time to do a review of what’s going on with my second square foot gardening box (a 4’x 4’ square), and now that I look back at this photo that was taken only a week ago, I realize
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Emira : July 24th, 2006 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link

Square foot Gardening Update: Box #1

The heat, mixed with a few days of rain this week, sent the various plants in my two square foot garden boxes (to avoid confusion that's two 4'x4' squares) to growin' up a storm. This weekend I spent a whole lot of time staking, harvesting and replanting and
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Emira : July 17th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link

Easy Peasy Birdbath

Now that the veggies are producing quite happily, I have a few weeks of down time before I start the cooler weather veggies. So my attention has turned to the birds. Birds are great to have around, they eat some grubby little insects I
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Renee : July 16th, 2006 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Projects, Art/Craft

A Bag Made of Bags

Plastic Bag Tote (Marlo Cairns) This crocheted bag looks like a great project to make for toting your garden harvest or trips to the Farmer's Market. It's made using plastic grocery bags cut into workable "yarn" strips. I like that the
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Gayla : July 12th, 2006 : 13 Comments
Posted in: Projects, Link, Art/Craft

Community Garden Plant Sale (Vancouver)

Hey there Vancouverites! One of the year's best plant sales is coming up this weekend at the Cottonwood and Strathcona Community Gardens. I'll include details below, but first some thoughts and photos from my recent visits to the Cottonwood side of the gardens. Cottonwood Community Gardens READ MORE...
Emira : July 4th, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Link, Events

Off the Cuff Edging

Never one to adhere to tradition, I have started swallowing my grassy yard up with perennials and edibles. Several factors have prevented total success with the work so far, though, and a major one has been communication between my spouse and myself. This was especially apparent one evening
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Renee : June 28th, 2006 : 9 Comments
Posted in: Projects, Link, Art/Craft

Gross

I've been waiting anxiously for my ladden blackcurrant bush to get enough heat for the currants to ripen for picking, and with the recent heat blast I was in luck. So this weekend I set out to pick pounds and pounds of the suckers to start various jelly,
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Emira : June 27th, 2006 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Link, Pests & Disease, Fruit

an up & down spring of gardening

Well, I think I've been hesitant to post, in part because I've been very occupied with taking pics, printing pics, and posting them on flickr (it's easy to get VERY sucked into it), but also because it's been such an up and down spring garden season for me.
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Amanda : June 25th, 2006 : 1 Comment
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Growing Hard Beans

Last week, said friend and I were having a drink and discussing the ups and downs of local eating. He happens to be something of a literal expert on the subject and is a true wealth of info on all foodstuffs local. In my dream
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Emira : June 22nd, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link, Seeds

Craftsanity

Jennifer of the crafty podcast Craftsanity will be running a podcast interview with me next week. She is giving away one copy of the You Grow Girl book to the reader who submits the coolest eco-friendly craft by Saturday, June 24. You should also go there
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Gayla : June 22nd, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Link, Art/Craft
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