Author Archives: David
4/21/2009 – Pythagoras and Potatoes
This past weekend I got my first veggies in the ground! On Friday night I cut my seed potatoes and set them out with a fan on them so the cut edges could scab over before I put them in the ground. Then I grabbed some graph paper and started to figure out my layout. […]
4/20/2009 – Started Eggplant, Peppers and Raised Beds
I guess I’m happy to say that this post is only about a week late–usually it’s more like six months late. ;) So, the Sunday before last I started some more seeds, some new ones and others that I had already started. I’m especially excited about the Lao Green Stripe Eggplant and the Napoleon Sweet Peppers–I hope they […]
3/31/2009 – Bed Layouts & First Seedlings
Last Monday I couldn’t sleep, so I got up at 4:00am, made my lunch, grabbed the copy of The Sustainable Vegetable Garden that I’m borrowing from Hillary, and headed out the door. I stopped at my office and picked up a clipboard and a pad of graph paper along with my mechanical pencil and click eraser and […]