I always thought we needed a good barn cat to take care of the mice and such. But with mouse traps workin' like this and at 50 cents a pop, and made in the U.S.A. i'm thinkin forget it.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
more rain . more rain!
I always thought we needed a good barn cat to take care of the mice and such. But with mouse traps workin' like this and at 50 cents a pop, and made in the U.S.A. i'm thinkin forget it.
Labels:
drip irrigation,
farming,
herbs,
hops,
organic gardening,
squash,
tomatillos,
wildflowers
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
full radish harvest...most of which became neighbor chicken feed
just keepin' it local today. came home. earnest was fixing the tire on his john deere back-hoe. they got 26 more baby chicks in hopes of replacing their lone, lost rooster... their other six or so birds are of good size.. only the new twenty-something are under heat lamp at night and within confined quarters...
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
knee high by when?

corn knee high by the fourth of July. not sure who coined this one, but I've heard a lot of people reference this phrase. Either way I don't see any way this will be ,but it is progress as usual.
Labels:
chickens,
farmer's market,
high desert,
maize,
mountains,
organic farming,
organic gardening
Saturday, June 28, 2008
working weekends
More experimenting with trellises and tee-pees have brought me to decide to build about twelve to fourteen tee=pees and just three pieces of cattle fencing will make a good trellis between the organic bush beans and pole beans and the organic lemon cucumbers. It will be interesting to see how it holds up with wet foliage. Maybe I'll put a support stake in the middles. So far I accomplished my goal of a zero dollar budget on supports.
Labels:
cucumbers,
dogs,
organic farming,
squash,
trellising
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Some New Growth
Yesterday we BBQ-d all day and got plenty of sun hanging out with Jeff and Amy and later on with Julius and Reanna. Good times. Then we went to canyon road at the Alterman Gallery to organize their collection of almost two hundred paintings. Extra cash. Got bird feed and we (Becke mostly) filled the feeders seen below) also got a few mouse traps for our friends outside.
mammoth sunflowers are growing tall and holding up well to the wind. getting nice thick stalks. should support themselves and hopefully hold up to these monsoons coming up.

mammoth sunflowers are growing tall and holding up well to the wind. getting nice thick stalks. should support themselves and hopefully hold up to these monsoons coming up.
Labels:
drip irrigation,
growing food,
hops,
legumes,
organic farming,
sunflowers,
trellising
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