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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Husband Expresses Disapproval
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Etc...
It rained almost all day today. Glorious thunderstorms this afternoon/evening. I love thunderstorms, but it's not great gardening weather...
It did let off for long enough to go out and do some more figgerin' on the greenhouse. Basically, the only things that are left to do in order to make it usable are the vents around the bottom and the doors. And fix 4 panes from one window that were damaged in the windstorm a week or two ago. I'm hoping to at least have temporary doors on it by the end of this weekend - I bought a roll of 6 mil plastic for that purpose. For the permanent doors, I'm going to need headers, sills, and all manner of time consuming nonsense. But plastic (and 4 panes of glass, and flaps for the vents) will get it to a point where I can move the seedlings on my dining room table out there before they get much leggier.
I hate when people leave cards stuck to my mailbox, on stakes in my yard, and in my door, but I actually called the number for a place that left a business card on my porch last week - I need to get a price on pea gravel for the greenhouse floor, and it was a local guy who does all manner of gravel and stone, plus we were going to get a quote on our driveway. What do I hate more than litter on my property? Unprofessional/weird voicemail messages! I didn't leave a message, too annoying. The Mr can call if he wants, or I'll do it when I'm feeling a little more tolerant.
I started reading through all the paperwork that came with my shipment of mushroom spores. Imagine my surprise when I realized that they need to be planted almost immediately, and I need three gallons of spent coffee grounds for one of them. I bought "The "Espresso Oyster" Mushroom Patch™" with the intention of recycling more of my coffee grounds (because I drink more coffee than I should, and more than what needs to go on my regular compost piles), but I hadn't actually started saving the grounds by themselves yet, since I didn't get information about how much of what I would need until I received the spores in the mail with instructions to plant them within a week. So now I'm off to one of my favorite coffee shops in the morning to see how long it will take them to come up with 3 gallons of spent coffee grounds and whether they mind saving them for me. I may need a whole new fridge for mushroom spore storage, seed stratification, etc... soon.
It did let off for long enough to go out and do some more figgerin' on the greenhouse. Basically, the only things that are left to do in order to make it usable are the vents around the bottom and the doors. And fix 4 panes from one window that were damaged in the windstorm a week or two ago. I'm hoping to at least have temporary doors on it by the end of this weekend - I bought a roll of 6 mil plastic for that purpose. For the permanent doors, I'm going to need headers, sills, and all manner of time consuming nonsense. But plastic (and 4 panes of glass, and flaps for the vents) will get it to a point where I can move the seedlings on my dining room table out there before they get much leggier.
I hate when people leave cards stuck to my mailbox, on stakes in my yard, and in my door, but I actually called the number for a place that left a business card on my porch last week - I need to get a price on pea gravel for the greenhouse floor, and it was a local guy who does all manner of gravel and stone, plus we were going to get a quote on our driveway. What do I hate more than litter on my property? Unprofessional/weird voicemail messages! I didn't leave a message, too annoying. The Mr can call if he wants, or I'll do it when I'm feeling a little more tolerant.
I started reading through all the paperwork that came with my shipment of mushroom spores. Imagine my surprise when I realized that they need to be planted almost immediately, and I need three gallons of spent coffee grounds for one of them. I bought "The "Espresso Oyster" Mushroom Patch™" with the intention of recycling more of my coffee grounds (because I drink more coffee than I should, and more than what needs to go on my regular compost piles), but I hadn't actually started saving the grounds by themselves yet, since I didn't get information about how much of what I would need until I received the spores in the mail with instructions to plant them within a week. So now I'm off to one of my favorite coffee shops in the morning to see how long it will take them to come up with 3 gallons of spent coffee grounds and whether they mind saving them for me. I may need a whole new fridge for mushroom spore storage, seed stratification, etc... soon.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Sigh
Do you see all those lovely plum buds? It's supposed to get down to 29 degrees this weekend. That will make it the 3rd year in a row of early warm spell, late freeze, and no plums. :(
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Well Ain't That Fancy
Almost as cool as growing my own mushrooms? The boxes they came in! Each of the four kits I ordered came backed in a "Life Box". Check out the site here. I even got to visit the site for the first time by scanning the QR code on the box with my phone!
OMG SHROOMZ!
Look what was waiting on my back porch when I walked out this afternoon! Yay! Now, where am I going to get 3 gallons of coffee grounds within the next 24 hours? Would've been nice if they'd said how much in the description...
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Shroooooooooms
At night, I daydream, and wander into the dusty corners of the internet. This is one I've been visiting for a while, and I finally took the plunge. This is going to be an adventure. :)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Yay Yay Yay!
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Re-Working
Today, I went out and re-mulched all the beds that I'd already done once, but had the wind undo. I raked up most of the straw out of the paths and the leeward side of the garden, and just tossed it in the compost pile, since it was hopelessly tangled with all manner of dead weeds. I've still got two beds left to prep - one is cleared of weeds, but needs a new soaker hose laid and mulch. The other will be a more arduous task - in the beginning, I used a bed as my compost pile, a different one each year. It made for good rich soil in that bed the next year, but the bigger the garden gets, the more compost it generates, and it just doesn't fit anymore, so now I have 4 piles in the gaps between the trees in the back. The last bed I used as a compost pile still has those remnants in it, so there are some things still not broken down, a lot of weeds, and a big hump of good rich dirt in the middle. So that's on my list for sometime within the next week or two. And I'm going to need another trip to Southern States for more straw.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Treasure Trove
So one of the things I've been wanting for years is iron garden furniture. It's always super expensive, and it just never seems to find its way into the budget. Well, today I started my collection with a bang - we were out flea marketing (my husband's favorite hobby) and we stopped by about the junkiest junky flea market I never would've stopped at on my own, because my husband had been there several times and said they had great stuff for great prices. Lo and behold, they sure did, and now I'm the proud owner of three single chairs, two double seat benches, and a triple seat bench. All but the triple are iron, and I couldn't pass up the triple despite the fact that it was aluminum, although we did leave the set of two single chairs and a small table, the other double seat bench, and two larger tables for that very reason. We were there for several hours, hemming and hawing, poking and prodding, and finally getting a price, writing a check, and loading it up. And now, I have some painting to do.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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