High Desert Permaculture and Natural Building
Posted by Christine | Jan 21, 2015 | Master Gardeners | 0
I’ve been attending Master Gardener workshops for several years and last Saturday I enjoyed the fruit tree pruning class for the third year in a row. Every time I learn something new or I’m reminded of something I...
Read MorePosted by Christine | Jan 10, 2015 | Hoophouse, The gardens | 0
We haven’t had any significant snow since 2008 and it was a real treat to get about 4 – 5 inches of snow on New Year’s Eve. It snowed all day and at least until about 1 am when we were driving home from a...
Read MorePosted by Christine | Dec 9, 2014 | Rocket stove | 0
We recently decided that we weren’t going to spend several hundred dollars on fire bricks for our first rocket mass heater (RMH) in a greenhouse. At first we contemplated making our own bricks out of perlite and fire...
Read MorePosted by Christine | Nov 21, 2014 | Food we grow, Hoophouse | 2
I decided to order from High Mowing because they are 100% organic and they also offer bulk seeds, by the ounce or even pound. Since they sell to pros, germination rates should be high. I still order from companies catering to...
Read MoreWe had a light frost a couple weeks ago and all the squash in the lower garden froze. Fortunately we had enough time to move a number of basils and peppers into pots before it got down to the low 20s or maybe even teens last...
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