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Packing it up

6 hours ago
It has been a while since I've written something. I guess I've spared you from reading aimless blog entries... The project for this fall is creating a small garden space at Highland Baptist Church. Early this past spring I used Black Eye Susans as a cover crop over my potatoes. Now we are ..
Tags: time of year, shock, potatoes, soil, roots, plastic wrap, saturday morning

Mapping Carbon Emissions

1 month ago
Scientists at Purdue University have mapped the carbon emissions across the United States in a project called Vulcan. The map is a layer in Google Earth that allows one to zoom in and see the US emissions at a state or county level. It is one more way to see where the emissions come from and ..
Tags: google, earth, united states, zoom, map, purdue university, scientists

Bat House

3 months ago
So I've been wanting a Bat House. Primarily to keep the mosquito population in check. They can apparently eat somewhere between 500 and a Thousand mosquitoes an hour. That's sounds pretty good considering the next plague to hit Louisville (after the recent flood) will probably be swarms of ..
Tags: mosquito, coal, plague, mosquitoes, light soil, two pieces, flood

Amazing Willows

4 months ago
The Contorted Willows used in the tomato cages have pulled off a tremendous trick. The horrible ice storm took them down on January 20th. I stored and then cut them in March. They were put in the garden as bare stakes in April. But wouldn't you know, they have sprouted and now I have green ..
Tags: vegetation, soil, vegetable garden, signs of life, green leaves, willows, tomato cages

Vegetable garden update

4 months ago
This is a quick update on the vegetable garden. The heavy rains have taken a toll on the garden. The potatoes have gotten tall and the rains caused them the fall over, so I am trying two methods to get back on track: cutting them back and staking them up. I'll report back with how the methods ..
Tags: greens, potatoes, plants, carrots, squash, vegetable garden, cucumbers
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