Friday, June 13, 2008

Yellow Spider

Found this yellow spider in the flower garden. I hope it is eating a lot of annoying pests like aphids and things! Someone mentioned that my yard looks like a lot to keep up with. Well it could be...we chose to keep it all a bit wild so that the work is more minimal than if it was all manicured. We also use less water that way and the birds and wildlife have more areas to live. We also have a bit of a mess inside the house and probably spend more time outside doing things than cleaning. (laughs)

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Tour of the homestead

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poppy
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bush beans
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pole beans and garlic
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the girls waiting for a night time cookie
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the blueberry bushes
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euphorbia
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the fire pit
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lemon balm and forget me not
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garlic
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a little monster in the garden
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moose antlers
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the newest garden bed
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the flower garden
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the onions
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something orange and pretty
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the pole beans
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the potatoes
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the rock wall
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sedums
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shed
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thistle
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yellow poppy
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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Adding straw to the potatoes

We added some straw to our potato bin to hopefully increase the potato yield this year. The straw is a bit soggy now because of our weather so I am hoping I haven't made a poor choice.

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Potato Progress

Our potatoes are making great progress! They have grown so fast. Last weeked I added straw so they will have more room to produce. If I get around to it I will add some long poles to the 4 corners and run wire around so that as they grow taller they will have even more room to make potatoes. I also took the top screens off last weekend.

If you want to see us plant potatoes check out my art video cast Scribblecast

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Bellsie takes over the computer

If you see all my stuff being sold on ebay...we will all know it is Bella looking to buy more pounce.

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Only Bella could get my old cat Io to tolerate her. It is amazing.
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Even Tutu loves her
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