Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
Posted March 14, 2012 by The Farmer
Happily, my garden orders will only be about $100 this year compared to $200 + dirt money we spent last year and the year before. The garden will be a little bit smaller which partly accounts for the decreased cost. The vine borers were so bad with the pumpkins last year that I’m not going [...]
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No Comments.Posted March 31, 2011 by The Farmer
Well, I finally did it. I finally got everything planted. I also ended up buying two more fluorescent shop lights and making a better growing station than I had last year. I made a frame to go around the shelves, and lined it with part of a 2mm poly drop cloth. the bottom shelf [...]
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2 Comments.Posted March 22, 2010 by The Farmer
Growing up, I always thought that if you planted the seeds of a tomato, you would grow the same kind of tomato plant. It turns out that that’s not always the case. The seeds in a fruit or vegetable usually have the genes of a mother and father plant. Whatever type of plant polinated the [...]
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2 Comments.Posted March 22, 2010 by The Farmer
Here’s our final garden/yard order list for the year. So far we’re at $290 plus some shipping in plants and seeds alone. $133 of that are one time costs — plants that should keep growing year after year (the blueberries, strawberries, grapes, lingonberries and rhubarb). Price: $290.58 Planting Date Company Item Number $2.25 3/26/2010 Totally [...]
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