Sunday, April 30, 2006
My Other Blog Turns One
When it comes to blogging, most of my energy is directed to my other blog, Cartography - all about maps and mapping technology. It took a while for the blog to get some wings but it now averages around 400 visitors per day, something I’m very pleased about.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Garden Update #2
Perhaps this will be a weekly thing.
I moved the aspargus (second row - you can’t see them very well in the photo) and added a frame upon which the peas will be able to climb (string to be added) once they start growing. The soil is crap - it looks okay when working it but after it sits for a while it starts looking crusty and clayey. No sign of the peas, lettuce, spinach or radishes that I planted last week. But it was a cold week.
The vegetable garden is now more. I tilled it this morning. The raspberry canes will remain and soon I’ll be planting a couple of fruit trees. I planted three last year - plum, cherry and pear and all are doing well. Unfortunately, I tihnk I plannted them too close together. Even more unfortunate is that they all need a cultivar to grow fruit - which means three more trees. Two in this patch, maybe three, two next the house on the opposite side of the driveway and the others? North of the house? I need more land!!
The tulips are doing nicely, as you can see. Spring is wonderful, full of promise and life.
I moved the aspargus (second row - you can’t see them very well in the photo) and added a frame upon which the peas will be able to climb (string to be added) once they start growing. The soil is crap - it looks okay when working it but after it sits for a while it starts looking crusty and clayey. No sign of the peas, lettuce, spinach or radishes that I planted last week. But it was a cold week.
The vegetable garden is now more. I tilled it this morning. The raspberry canes will remain and soon I’ll be planting a couple of fruit trees. I planted three last year - plum, cherry and pear and all are doing well. Unfortunately, I tihnk I plannted them too close together. Even more unfortunate is that they all need a cultivar to grow fruit - which means three more trees. Two in this patch, maybe three, two next the house on the opposite side of the driveway and the others? North of the house? I need more land!!
The tulips are doing nicely, as you can see. Spring is wonderful, full of promise and life.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Spring Update
Well, we got through that winter. It really wasn't so bad - not too cold and not quite enough snow.
So, spring is here and after a week of 20C weather the first of the tulips are out:
Not all of the garden looks as colourful. But spring is always full of promise. The big flower bed along the pool is looking nice - relatively weed free at this point - with lots of perennials coming up nicely:
But, as you can see, I've given up on the old vegetable garden behind the pool. The boards are rotting and need to be replaced and so I'm getting rid of it all. I'll smooth it out and put some grass and fruit trees in.
But I haven't given up on vegetable gardening. Instead I'm taking a new approach - square foot gardening. Less space, less work, better garden . . . hopefully. Here's my sandbox cum vegetable plot with spinach, peas, lettuce and radishes all planted, awaiting tomorrow's rain. 6 feet by 4 feet. If I remember I'll post weekly photos of the garden's progress.
So, spring is here and after a week of 20C weather the first of the tulips are out:
Not all of the garden looks as colourful. But spring is always full of promise. The big flower bed along the pool is looking nice - relatively weed free at this point - with lots of perennials coming up nicely:
But, as you can see, I've given up on the old vegetable garden behind the pool. The boards are rotting and need to be replaced and so I'm getting rid of it all. I'll smooth it out and put some grass and fruit trees in.
But I haven't given up on vegetable gardening. Instead I'm taking a new approach - square foot gardening. Less space, less work, better garden . . . hopefully. Here's my sandbox cum vegetable plot with spinach, peas, lettuce and radishes all planted, awaiting tomorrow's rain. 6 feet by 4 feet. If I remember I'll post weekly photos of the garden's progress.
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