Pumpkin are Flowering
This week, I got the results of the nutrient probes. Some of our pumpkin plants have flowers already. I have no idea that if this is normal or not… This […]
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Pumpkin Heights and Fertilization
So, on Wednesday night, Bella and I went out to fertilize pumpkins and measure their heights. Some of the plants are over a foot tall, and others are only 3 […]
Digging and Transplanting Pumpkins
So, each hole that I dug got two seeds in it. With the idea that after two full leaves have emerged, the second one gets pulled. Well, in the third […]
Homesteading is Mocking Me
There has been a lot of upheaval on the homestead as of late… What with the buying of a house (long story, and no, I wasn’t breaking any city codes […]
Groundbreaking!!!
After a several month delay due to health circumstances, the ground is finally broken on the Citizen Science Agronomy project. The sweet sorghum crop is in my hand, and will […]
Six Weeks of Crazy, and a Saturday to Forget
This week, I got my Sawzall and angle grinder, so I have been tearing up the pallets needed to construct the new quail and guinea pig cages! YAY! I also […]
Another Two Female Guinea Pigs
I went to the Durham Hub Farm yesterday to pull some weeds around fencing, and check on my plot sizes and dimensions (I am calculating the amount of seed that […]
Week 3 on the Urban Farmstead…
I realize that last week, I didn’t do my weekly update until like, Thursday. I was sick. I am still sick now, but at least I am moving again! I […]
Fall in Western Wisconsin: An artistic process
As spring dawns on the Southeast (FINALLY?!?), I find myself homesick for Wisconsin again. Today it was the region that I went to college (River Falls, GO FALCONS). The hills […]
Autumn Harvest in Wisconsin
Maybe all of the crappy, winter snowy and rainy weather is making me nostalgic for my favorite time of the year. This happens to be late summer and early fall. […]
The Art of Finding a Mentor
This article of mine was featured in the July 2013 issue of the CSA News Magazine (Crops, Soil, and Agronomy professional society publication). Since this is geared only toward professionals […]
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