Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.
I didn’t say a lot about my garden for a while cause I had little to say, and suddenly there’s almost too much. My garden, a self-built cedar sub-irrigated planter (SIP) started a bit late due to lousy weather and a change of location. It was located on the badly-worn deck on the side of my…
I missed my usual Wednesday post. I’m sorry. There was a lot going on that day and I decided I was actually too angry to write about it without saying a lot of things I’d probably regret. I’m sort of obligated to maintain a family friendly rating! I was at a nutrition committee meeting at…
This is an amalgamation reposting of much of the information found on my site from last spring, and also part of the SIP 101 that I contributed to Homegrown.org. QUICK NAVIGATION Intro Important Notes Materials / Wood Cutting List Building Instructions Construction Photos Soilless Potting Mix Initial Fertilization and Starting Up Ongoing Feeding Pest control…
I was hoping I was wrong, but alas, I was not. My tomato plants are keeling over. It was a complicated set of circumstances that ultimately boiled down to one thing… too much water. Last week, we had our famous trademark Canadian “Holy Crap, It Really Gets That Hot?!” weather. I was absent for a…
If you read my article about 6 weeks ago, I figured it’s time for an update on how my fertilizing is going. The answer seems to be A-OK. Just to recap: When I put the soil in the planter, I sowed it with a slow-release organic granular fertilizer (7-2-5). Though there was dolomite calcium included…