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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 17-19 – More Drainage & Prepping for PaversThings have been moving right along in the garden this week. Tomorrow or Monday I will try to update about the paver laying process, which started this morning and is moving quickly. If the rain holds off, we might be in good shape by tomorrow afternoon! The concrete top of…
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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 12-16 – Shade Structure & Demo Table
This week has seen this phase of the construction coming to a close. The shade structure (we really need a better name for it!) completed and they have been working on the new demonstration table. Let’s take a look! Picking up where we left off last week, the next step…
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Continue reading →: Can YOU Predict the Weather?
Continuing on with our discussion from Monday about planting tomatoes and other warm season vegetables early, I want to take a look at what some of the long-term predictions are for the weather this summer. Of course, one reason that everyone is thinking about planting early is just because the…
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Continue reading →: How Early is Too Early to Plant?
With the unseasonably warm spring, it is even more tempting than usual to plant some of our summer vegetables early. With the memory of last summer still fresh, most tomato gardeners are looking for a way to get their tomatoes going soon so they can get a good crop even…
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Continue reading →: Garden Renovation: Days 8-11 – Shade Structure ConstructionWith all the rain (and corresponding mud!), the construction progressed much slower this week. During one of the breaks in the rain at the beginning of the week, they removed all the supporting lumber from the main posts. The next step was getting all the posts cut to exactly the…