Not garden related...

Hey all. Just a question I thought I'd through out there in case somebody has some knowledge to share.

I have a couple of kombucha mushrooms that I've been housing for a while. Unfortunately with all the transitions in my life, I forgot about them in the cabinet. They're a few months old, have eaten most of the liquid they were feeding off of and have become a fruit-fly haven, but the mushroom itself seems to have grown healthily (and multiplied quite a few times!). Does anybody have enough familiarity with these guys to know if its still a viable mushroom (please, please, please!) or it should be discarded into the compost?

two new garden purchases

Hey neighbros, Here is the garlic and pitchfork we ordered! I love the idea of this blog, Tiffany. I am a visuals junkie. Here is more info than you may ever want to know. German Extra-Hardy (Allium sativum)

Our easiest garlic to grow. Among the most winter-hardy garlic varieties. Very large bulbs with 4-5 large cloves. The outside skin is very white and the skin covering the cloves is dark red. The New York farmer who grows this stock for Johnny’s says, "Out of over 200 sources of garlic that I have had in my trials over the past 15 years, I believe that this is the finest garlic that I have had on the farm." A vigorous-growing garlic with long roots, which gives it the ability to winter over without heaving out of the ground. Flavor is very good and stores well. 1 Unit = 1 Head

Seeds, Wood and Such

Hello New Friends,
We put the garden tools we have as you walk into the laundry shack. Also, I'm going to buy the lettuce and basil packets from work. I don't have any experience with starts or growing lettuce in a greenhouse or cold frame, so maybe these could be a group project. I figure "get the seeds and they will come". Friday - we maybe around a bit but we have a friend comming from the west coast so I'm not sure where the garden fits for us that day.
Thank you all for so much fun and we are looking forward to the future with everyone!
PS Tiffany and I have been bring wood up from my dad's for the fires, we only have one more small load and it will be very wet punk wood. So food for thought: chipping in for a 1/2 cord of wood?

Friday pm

I am down for a Friday fire! Anyone want to do a little garden clean out/planning thing on Friday early evening? T's sister will be in town, but I think I could dig a bit after class. I'll be home at 5:30ish if anyone's interested.
I like the idea of sharing space, but I would also love the green light from everyone asap for an individual plot, too.
I'm off to order the pitchfork! And some garlic bulbs...

xo
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Pics!

Thanks everyone for a such a great time and thanks Alissa for setting up the blog! Ashley and I would prefer to share as much as the garden as possible. Either way, we should meet sometime soon to discuss where we could plant what and when, where we could put the greenhouse, etc. We're available any night but Tuesday. We're also game to revamp the compost sometime soon.

Looking good!

Super-dee-do! Thanks, Alissa, this site is great! I'm loving this community development project!

Cal's all on board for being the Friday night Fire patrol. See some of (all of?) y'all then!

The blog begins

Hello everyone,
Thanks for a great BBQ/hangout. Marit, Joe, Ashley, Matt, and Emily, you want to pick specific spots sometime this week? I hope this blog works ok, let me know if you have any problems! x