tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39810067289500109342011-08-23T18:54:39.272-07:00An adventure in gardening, herbalism, magick, and witchcraft.Sandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09646806778765661092noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3981006728950010934.post-22783723723285200712011-02-13T12:27:00.000-08:002011-02-13T12:27:22.481-08:00

Just put in the winter/spring vegetables SE corner is Romaine lettuce starters and Grow Organic Carrot Danvers Half Long seeds. SW bed is Iceberg starters and more of same carrot seeds. SW corner is Iceberg, Bibb, and one broccoli plant. Put down Carnival Blend carrot seeds. NW bed and corner are broccoli. Will transplant carrots here when it's rooms to thin them. North bed is bok Choy.

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I transplanted a few lettuces out of the seed starter and set them in the southwest corner of the garden. I covered them with bird mesh hoping to keep out whatever it is that's been eating my plants!The corn I planted a few weeks ago never came up. Probably too cold for it, still. Some of the bok choy is coming up, but not much of it. Sometimes it's bountiful and sometimes, like the last

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My witchcraft student and I took a trek out to a desolate field under the last full moon. The breeze was light and the air was slightly chilly, but we were armed with layered clothing and a healthy dose of enthusiasm! As we crested the hill, we could see the silvery leaves of the white sage plants glowing with the moonlight. We didn't need to use the flashlights we brought with us as the light

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Greetings, and blessed Lughnasad!First harvest went well. Brought in the rest of the corn, but it was too underdeveloped to be edible. So, I composted it. My composting worms have filled their bucket with wonderful worm castings, so I have to make them new bedding this week!Seeds started. Yesterday I started lettuce, leeks, and some herbs (chamomile, lavender, lemon verbena) in the seed starter

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This is just a note to self: Seeds were started this year on 20 February 2009

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I pulled in quite the harvest over the weekend. What you see here is three golden roma tomatoes, two onions, three ears of corn, two heads of Bibb lettuce, nine cherry tomatoes, eight small and nine large rose hips, a sprig of chamomile and a sprig of mint. It's been very hot these last few days; over 100. I've been watering at night to keep everything from wilting. Should have bought that

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Well, the whole place is booming. Yesterday I harvested the one fennel that survived the earwig attack in March. It will be a salad tonight. This morning I harvested three lettuces, six golden roma tomatoes, and a bunch of basil leaves that I will dry and store in jars. I've been out for ages! Obviously, we're having salad for dinner tonight.I've had to seriously trim back the tomato plants (the

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My brother has given me like 7 pounds of organic honey. We don't really use that much honey, but I do drink a lot of wine, so I decided to make mead out of it.Because most of it was comb honey, I had to strain it before use.I heated the honey in 1/2 gallon of filtered water over medium heat until it reached 160 degrees. I held it there for 10 minutes to pasteurize it (kill any unwanted bacteria)

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The plants are well established at this point. The corn is getting bigger, the tomatoes are starting to bud, and we've harvested a couple of lettuces by now.By the end of June, the corn had tassled and real cobs were discernible. I bought and planted a strawberry plant. The squash and peas aren't doing a thing. I pulled out one of the peas and cut back the squash.The tomato plants are going

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I have a lot of projects going on. My garden this year is the big one. We've built this structure for an enclosed, raised garden and it's working out great. We're using microsprinklers to control and tightly target water use since we live in such an arid area.This is what it looked like at completion in March. Shortly thereafter, I transplanted some lettuce, corn, fennel, and basil that I had

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