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Urban Homestead WA: May 2012
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Saturday, May 12, 2012. Okay, okay.I have been shamed into blogging again. I apologize for the gap (heck a gap as wide as the grand canyon.) I have only myself to blame. I shan't share my woes, suffice it to say I got lazy and stopped writing. 'Nuff said. So to update folk, if anyone is still reading. This is the playpen, I realized the girls needed more space, so this is 1/2 inch pvc with plastic chicken netting. It is. Diva is perusing the buffet.what no desert tray again! Here are the two cider block ...
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Urban Homestead WA: September 2011
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Thursday, September 1, 2011. Well, the garden update from our return from vacation cruising while long overdue is finally here. The tomatoes are on the left of the photo, and the bean trellis is on the right. The Nasturtiums in the fore front draw the aphids, a real problem here, from the beans and Toms, as the aphids seem to like the Nasturtiums better. We have been picking cherry toms off this now for the past few days.got to love Open Pollinated varieties! My heirloom shelling beans are going nuts!
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Urban Homestead WA: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015. The Hen's got a new home! So, I have not been as diligent in my blogging here as I would have liked. It is an art, a skill, and mostly a habit. One that I will need to cultivate. So first step, report on where the homestead is at. As someone once said, a picture is worth a thousand words:. The old coop now standing empty. The pen is 6' wide by 6' deep. Over all the chickens have a bit more room than they did with the 2 level coop before. The girls in their new pen, exploring!
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Urban Homestead WA: Spring has sprung...But where was winter?
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Spring has sprung.But where was winter? Wow, if you blinked you missed it. Winter either didn't come to the Pacific NW, or it went by and I simply didn't notice. What I did notice, was all the activity around me, birds, squirrels, the hens continuing to lay prodigious amounts of eggs.well, I have been busy. Weeding, prepping garden beds, and starting seeds in the greenhouse. Oh, I'll get by. I planted 4 of everything in late February and early March. I planted Brandywine ...And a...
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Urban Homestead WA: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011. The family, my wife, daughter, aunt and I boarded the Golden Princess on July 31, 2011 bound for the great state of Alaska. Our trip would be for 7 days, and visit the ports of Juneu, Skagway, Ketchikan and a swing though Glacier Bay State Park before stopping in Victoria the night before our return. We had made this trip 2 years prior with the rest of the family, and now it was time to take Auntie along. We were sitting in an original rail car, that had been updated, but was ...
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Urban Homestead WA: October 2013
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Friday, October 11, 2013. So another full season comes to a close. I realize that there has been a ginormant amount of time that has elapsed since my last post, so this one may be a bit lengthy to catch up. First off, I have found out that working a full 40 work week, keeping up with the homestead, and trying to take care of myself by exercising, and eating right, finding time for my family.well there's only 24 hours in the day and my blogging amongst other things took the hit. Of course these little gem...
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Urban Homestead WA: April 2015
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Friday, April 10, 2015. Well, today was a busy one. It's early in the planting season. Heck, this time last year, I had just planted some Tomatoes in the Greenhouse. This year, I planted on 2/14/15, and the Tomatoes are in their 2nd up-potting. The greenhouse has Tomatoes, Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Peppers. All doing well. Today was all about planting seeds in the ground. I figure, if the weeds are growing, flowering and seeding already, my cool season crops can do so as well. I know what I'm doing is r...
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Urban Homestead WA: Winter Wednesday
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014. So the Holidays are done and gone, The house is back to normal, and the weather outside is still frightful! Last summer I completed the greenhouse, so that will be useful for starts for this spring:. I will need to run some electrical out to it for heating, I am under no illusions that this greenhouse will be able to support temperatures needed for germination in February here without some additional help! Small plantings of Beets, Carrots, Lettuce, Peas, Arrugala, Mache and ...
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Urban Homestead WA: Busy Day
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Friday, April 10, 2015. Well, today was a busy one. It's early in the planting season. Heck, this time last year, I had just planted some Tomatoes in the Greenhouse. This year, I planted on 2/14/15, and the Tomatoes are in their 2nd up-potting. The greenhouse has Tomatoes, Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Peppers. All doing well. Today was all about planting seeds in the ground. I figure, if the weeds are growing, flowering and seeding already, my cool season crops can do so as well. I know what I'm doing is r...
