Potential Greenhouse Footprint

Hi neighbors,
I hope you all had a nice (not too rainy) weekend. T and I were doing some rudimentary measurements/talking about a small greenhouse setup, and we put small brown poles in the ground to mark a potential size/spot. They are on the flip side of the small shed, down yonder from the picnic table by the field. We have yet to ask Big Bear about any of this, it's still very much in the talking-to-you-guys stage. If you get a sec this week, please check out the footprint and let me know what you think! We were thinking a 10' x 20' would work best/be worthwhile, and the space we saw is the most evenly graded, has sunniest exposure, and hopefully isn't a detriment to anyone's view. Feedback welcomed. See you soon x

p.s. a cord of wood

One other thing... T, Joe, and myself are on the wood hunt. It was put on pause this week for the first round of midterms, but we'll make it happen. Soon. Very soon. Keep you posted.

3 day weekend, what?

Hi everybody,
It's a three-day weekend for all the school kids! I am so excited, I could throw up. Once this rain stops, I hope to be in the garden. Sunday, Monday, anyone care to join me? I also hope to have some cider. mmm

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lettuce seeds

I got a bunch of fun lettuce and basil seeds for anyone who wants them. I'll put them in the tool bucket outside the laundry room. Everyone help yourselves to them. B

Compost Direction

So, I have some compost questions. Can/should we put non-recyclable paper in compost like egg cartons? Also matt you mentioned bones but no meat, is there anything else we can add that's not veg scraps. Can oils go in? example: leftover salad with dressing. Can grains go in? I'm used to food service composting and almost everything can go in and I always thought home ones could only get veg scraps, so I need direction. BTW I love the compost!!!

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