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Planting 2012, Round One

Posted April 7, 2012 by The Farmer

I did it! I started planting. I put in the peas, onions, carrots, spinach, lettuce, corn and beets. I put them in on Wednesday (the 4th) but I just haven’t had a chance to write it up. Calvin, my almost 4-year-old was my helper buddy. He was very deliberate with planting, and put the seeds [...]

The Fridley Farmer : Planting Blueberries, Lingonberry and Raspberries

Posted May 13, 2010 by The Farmer

Today is a very exciting day, our first batch of berries arrived! We planted a row of blueberries. Three North Blues and two Chippewas. Two lingonberry plants. Ryan helped plant the raspberries. We got 6 Autumn Britten raspberries plants and 6 Caroline raspberry plants. All in all a very successful evening. Made all the more [...]

The Fridley Farmer : Planting, round two

Posted May 6, 2010 by The Farmer

Last Tuesday night was a flurry of garden activity. I was two weeks late getting the tomaotes, peppers, rhubarb and eggplants planted, and it was time for the cucumbers and pumpkins to be getting planted. The peas were due to be planted outside as well. So, racing against dusk we planted the peas in the [...]

Fridley Farmer : First Planting and building a light stand

Posted April 6, 2010 by The Farmer

There’s a lot going on in the garden still. We finished loading 8 cubic yards of dirt into our garden areas, I’m building a rabbit proof fence, we need to acidify the blueberry patch so they’ll grow, and we planted some seeds last night. Also, we are having a baby today. With the last average [...]

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