Archive for January, 2012

Building Beds

We spent the weekend building vegetable beds. The larger bed is 12′x4′ , and the smaller bed which will rest against the wall (as you can sort of see in the picture) is 10′x2′. I am building a trellis against the wall for vining plants, tomatoes in the Summer and shelling peas for the Winter. [...]

Things.

Umm….hey there. I have been feeling terribly uninspired when it comes to blogging, though I promise to change that soon. I miss my blogging friends. I have been reading a ton. I have finished nine books this month alone. NINE. I think that is more than I read all of last year. (By the way, [...]

Garden Preperation

One of the most exciting things about our new condo is that we have outdoor space. It really isn’t much (really, it is only 18×11 feet of earth), but it is enough to grow some veggies. Last week I picked out and ordered a bunch of heirloom seeds from Seed Savers Exchange; broccoli, cauliflower, leeks, [...]

Moonrise Kingdom

  Have you all seen this yet? I can’t wait.

Reading and Such

(animals that Lucy received for Christmas) I have been laying a bit low from the computer lately. To be perfectly honest, this is the first time I have turned on my computer since the New Year. I may have been on sooner, but I bought a Kindle last week with my Christmas money and have [...]