Category: Gardening

Screening Compost

November 4, 2011 Posted by Issa under Gardening
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Joshua went to turn the compost the other day and discovered that another batch was ready to be screened. He shoveled it all out onto a tarp so it could dry. Last time I screened compost I learned that it goes much faster when the compost is dry. When I first started trying to work wet compost through the screen, it clumped up terribly and was really slow going. Once this batch dried out, we… Keep Reading

Composting Success!

May 6, 2011 Posted by Issa under Gardening, Nature
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Long, long ago (2009) in a land far, far away (Atlanta), I started composting. My bins were small, and progress seemed very slow. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was doing, but whatever it was, I was going to do it. Composting seems like such a magical process to me, so I was happy to learn at every step of the way. I learned how to tell if my compost was too wet or too dry.… Keep Reading

Lazy Gardening

April 27, 2011 Posted by Issa under Gardening
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I’ve always liked the idea of gardening. Thinking about the actual practice has left me a little less enthusiastic, though. I loved what Joshua did with gardening last year, and I definitely enjoyed the bounty, but doing it myself has always intimidated me. Some kinds of information sit well in my brain. When I decided I wanted to get pigs, I soaked up all the available information about pigs. I read books and websites and… Keep Reading

Gardening Options

September 30, 2009 Posted by Issa under Gardening
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I’ve been working on planning my garden for next year. Now that we’ve closed on the Knoxville house, I expect to have lots more room to do up a garden proper. Or get in way over my head. Either way, I’ll be smiling.

Like any good geek, I started with a spreadsheet. Keep Reading

Compost Beginner

August 21, 2009 Posted by Issa under Gardening
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I simply love the idea of composting. You mean I can take my trash and turn it into something highly useful? Awesome! Keep Reading