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It’s not the actual planting, it’s all the work beforehand and after, that takes so much time.  Making compost, seeding, tending, irrigation planning, and soil preparation.  This list could go on in more detail, but, it’s a long time and a lot of work from the idea of growing your own food, to get that food to the table.  [...]

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Still snowing as of yesterday - today is clear with a temp of 23 deg F. But, once the sun is out I think it will warm considerably.
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What a Master Gardener haughtily said to us after seeing our compost piles.
“You will HAVE to buy worms, you can’t [...]

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We’ve had a glorious stretch of good weather this past week.  The soil was dry enough to cultivate around the garlic, and it actually smelled like spring.  My spring oat cover crop had winter-killed,  so actually hoeing was easy, and I actually got a head start on those pesky, early germinating weed seeds.  The winter [...]

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So much for warmer weather!  It snowed off and on all day but didn’t stick around.  So today was a good day to hang around in the greenhouse.  The weatherman promises warm weather this weekend, but I’m not holding my breath.  You can warm up fast turning a compost pile, so that’s what I did.  [...]

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