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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Mom's Birthday & More Gardening
Friday was Mom's 42nd (68th) birthday. She's 42 because she has to be at least one year older than me! We (Mom, Paula, Sophia, Olivia & I) went to the Field and had a wonderful dinner. The house band, Celtic Bridge, sang happy birthday to her and it was just plain fun. I'm blessed to have such a wonderful family.
Saturday was spent gardening. I purchased 10 more Grow Boxes (www.agardenpatch.com) and Sophia again helped me to mix the top soil I had purchased (before reading the directions) with peat moss and vermiculite. I hurt so badly by the end of the day it wasn't even funny, but we have seeds planted for three kinds of pumpkins, artichokes, two more types of radishes, two types of beats, pole beans, bell peppers, and onions. I left two of the boxes open to plant the Walla Walla Sweet Onions and Garlic plants when they get here - probably late next week.
I purchased the GrowBoxes instead of Earthboxes because the GrowBox holds an extra gallon of water and their customer service reviews were better. I spend all day providing superior customer service so I don't accept anything less anymore...
After gardening I went out to the Field and had a lovely time talking about guys and dogs with Leanne. For some reason I didn't go to sleep until 3AM this morning. Today I went tracking and spent the rest of the day doing homework and watching TV. My 3rd to last class, GM593, Project Cost & Schedule Monitoring & Controlling, is done Tuesday night. I still have to do my discussion board posts, Wiki and self directed learning plan as I didn't accomplish as much on the homework front today as I should have. At least my 200 point final is done...
Off to bed...
Saturday was spent gardening. I purchased 10 more Grow Boxes (www.agardenpatch.com) and Sophia again helped me to mix the top soil I had purchased (before reading the directions) with peat moss and vermiculite. I hurt so badly by the end of the day it wasn't even funny, but we have seeds planted for three kinds of pumpkins, artichokes, two more types of radishes, two types of beats, pole beans, bell peppers, and onions. I left two of the boxes open to plant the Walla Walla Sweet Onions and Garlic plants when they get here - probably late next week.
I purchased the GrowBoxes instead of Earthboxes because the GrowBox holds an extra gallon of water and their customer service reviews were better. I spend all day providing superior customer service so I don't accept anything less anymore...
After gardening I went out to the Field and had a lovely time talking about guys and dogs with Leanne. For some reason I didn't go to sleep until 3AM this morning. Today I went tracking and spent the rest of the day doing homework and watching TV. My 3rd to last class, GM593, Project Cost & Schedule Monitoring & Controlling, is done Tuesday night. I still have to do my discussion board posts, Wiki and self directed learning plan as I didn't accomplish as much on the homework front today as I should have. At least my 200 point final is done...
Off to bed...
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Greek Festival & Garden
Friday, Mom, Paula, the girls and I all went to the local Greek Festival in Fort Lauderdale. It was fun, the food was fantastic and I spent too much money on neat stuff I don't need :) We had dessert and Paula got a little crazy with the girls...
Note, no one else was in the tent eating :) Our Mom used to do this kind of funny stuff with us, so Paula comes by it naturally <grin>.
Today, Sophia, Olivia & I got the garden done. We put together 5 wheelbarrow's full of dirt/peat/vermiculite to fill my 10 Grow Boxes. We then started planting the plants I bought yesterday. Mom & Paula showed up to help with this part of the project :) We have tomatoes, corn, kale, salad mix lettuce, romaine lettuce, celery, beans, broccoli, and strawberries. We planted seeds for radishes, beets, carrots, and watermelon. I do not have high hopes for getting any melons before it gets too hot to grow anything, but am keeping my fingers crossed. I really hope these boxes work well as they're very expensive. I like the fact that we can take our garden with us if we move - it could happen if "they" actually build the north/south freeway - at least I pray we can move. I don't want to live with 747's flying overhead.
Note, no one else was in the tent eating :) Our Mom used to do this kind of funny stuff with us, so Paula comes by it naturally <grin>.
Today, Sophia, Olivia & I got the garden done. We put together 5 wheelbarrow's full of dirt/peat/vermiculite to fill my 10 Grow Boxes. We then started planting the plants I bought yesterday. Mom & Paula showed up to help with this part of the project :) We have tomatoes, corn, kale, salad mix lettuce, romaine lettuce, celery, beans, broccoli, and strawberries. We planted seeds for radishes, beets, carrots, and watermelon. I do not have high hopes for getting any melons before it gets too hot to grow anything, but am keeping my fingers crossed. I really hope these boxes work well as they're very expensive. I like the fact that we can take our garden with us if we move - it could happen if "they" actually build the north/south freeway - at least I pray we can move. I don't want to live with 747's flying overhead.
Mom, Paula, Olivia & Sophia
The Grow Box Garden
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Welcome to my blog...
I figure this is easier than a diary, and I've had a couple of inquiries from friends back in the home state of Washington as to what I'm up to - this should be the easiest way to keep everyone up-to-date - especially those of you who can't stand Facebook :).
Well, awhile back I bought some Grow Boxes then ran to Home Depot and bought soil - my mistake for not reading directions first. Soil is too dense and the water won't wick up properly. So today, I finally went to one of the local gardening centers and a wonderful gal named Liz hooked me up with some peat and vermiculite which I will be mixing with my soil tomorrow and planting the various tomatoes, lettuce, celery, herbs, corn and strawberry plants I also purchased. Turns out that you need to plant seeds in OCTOBER in South Florida if you want a decent harvest. I'm going to plant some radish seeds and other fast growing plants, but will have to wait until October to give the Grow Boxes a real test.
Paula is bringing the girls over tonight, and after agility practice in the morning, she’s going to help me get the new fencing up (Monet’s decided she can jump 4’ to go visit the neighbor, up goes the 6’ fence) and I’ll utilize the free (i.e.: slave <grin>) labor of the nieces to plant my garden. I’ll post pictures.
Well, awhile back I bought some Grow Boxes then ran to Home Depot and bought soil - my mistake for not reading directions first. Soil is too dense and the water won't wick up properly. So today, I finally went to one of the local gardening centers and a wonderful gal named Liz hooked me up with some peat and vermiculite which I will be mixing with my soil tomorrow and planting the various tomatoes, lettuce, celery, herbs, corn and strawberry plants I also purchased. Turns out that you need to plant seeds in OCTOBER in South Florida if you want a decent harvest. I'm going to plant some radish seeds and other fast growing plants, but will have to wait until October to give the Grow Boxes a real test.
Paula is bringing the girls over tonight, and after agility practice in the morning, she’s going to help me get the new fencing up (Monet’s decided she can jump 4’ to go visit the neighbor, up goes the 6’ fence) and I’ll utilize the free (i.e.: slave <grin>) labor of the nieces to plant my garden. I’ll post pictures.
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