tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post6180096093982774471..comments2023-11-27T08:17:04.505-06:00Comments on Adventures in Urban Homesteading: It's alive!Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-10438859786018690692011-04-14T16:54:11.755-05:002011-04-14T16:54:11.755-05:00oops! Didn't realize Jeremy was logged in. Tha...oops! Didn't realize Jeremy was logged in. That was really me that said all that... =)Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-70079452337047450212011-04-14T16:52:12.667-05:002011-04-14T16:52:12.667-05:00I just can't get myself to blog or comment on ...I just can't get myself to blog or comment on blogs or read blogs lately! It's that in-between time of waiting for spring and moping about spring not being here. <br /><br />But anyway...<br /><br />@Jane - hysterical! Yes, I'm always amazed at what people think they have to do to get things growing - but, hello! Nature can handle things just fine herself!<br /><br />@Julie - yay to digging up the front yard! We've got too much flower and decorative stuff (though not much grass) in the front. But I am digging up the rest of the grass in the boulevard this summer. It will be so nice to not worry about mowing that!<br /><br />@Dwelf - I thought summer in Seattle didn't normally arrive till September anyway? ;-)<br /><br />@Stephanie - I wouldn't trust squirrels. They love digging things up, even if they discover they don't like what they find. They apparently don't like tomatoes, but they'll keep pulling them off the vine, just in case. After all the layers of mulch, I put chicken wire down, right across the top of the patch of garlic. The squirrels didn't dig of course, and now that the garlic is well and truly up I took off the wire. I'd recommend that next year. <br />Hmm, maybe we could shade some mushrooms with those giant pumpkin leaves. =)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00668398631902471946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-7662027968723497372011-04-12T22:22:37.572-05:002011-04-12T22:22:37.572-05:00oooh, I am jealous of your garlic, and still feeli...oooh, I am jealous of your garlic, and still feeling anxious about mine, I just planted it for the first time last fall. Soon after planting there were lots of squirrel-dug holes evidenced in the mulch covering. Do squirrels like garlic??? I hoped that they were just burying additional stuff, not digging up mine... A few sprigs of garlic have popped up so far, but not all of it by far!!! *crossed fingers*<br /><br />--I too keep spying around my yard for a chance to espalier some fruit. I squint at our old arborvitae hedge.... hmmmm, looking a little scraggly I dare say...<br /><br />--LOL to the giant pumpkin link! Well they ARE fun!! Maybe they could shade some mushrooms??? :-DStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244256430992150914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-22678785079375841672011-04-12T20:52:15.068-05:002011-04-12T20:52:15.068-05:00I also have found starting too many of my own seed...I also have found starting too many of my own seedlings not a good use of time. I start a few tomatoes to get some real early ones. Everything else is purchase seedlings or plant direct.<br />Although this year with La Nina summer will not arrive until September. Wahhh!Dwelf the senior raincoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437879262403813420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-27155687438785417632011-04-09T17:28:32.439-05:002011-04-09T17:28:32.439-05:00While I am starting my seedlings indoors this year...While I am starting my seedlings indoors this year (I figure why not try it), I think direct seeding is fine with cool crops, I've done it for the last 3 yrs. I did however purchase seedlings of warm weather crops since in MN our season is so short. My list is long to....we plan to basically triple the size of our garden by digging up most of our front lawn.JULIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597015941965130337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172018271137170502.post-74496136034504901132011-04-09T06:33:31.878-05:002011-04-09T06:33:31.878-05:00It's is amazing once it warms up, our to-do li...It's is amazing once it warms up, our to-do list gets so long. And I think people worry to much about fussing with their seedlings. My Father had a degree in Agriculture and he never started seeds. He direct seeded and we always had a huge bounty. In nature a bird poops out the seed and it grows just fine :)Jane @ Hard Work Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02905658082120445313noreply@blogger.com