Angeka On The Farm

CREATING A RURAL LIFE.

Garden Geek

Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under farm maintenance, fruit, grass, herbs, pasture, pests, planting, seeds, vegetables, worms | Leave a Comment

Call me a garden geek, but it’s really exciting when tiny plants start popping where you simply put a teeny tiny seed under some dirt with a sprinkling of water.  Our last minute lettuce is thriving:  beautiful baby leaf lettuce just like I used to buy from a bag!  And almost all the carrots have [...]

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By the light of the silvery moon

Posted on October 27, 2007 - Filed Under cats, cucumbers, herbs, moon, paper bags, tomatoes, trees, turkey, vegetables, worms | Leave a Comment

Oh my gosh…did you see the full moon the other night?  I don’t know how it looked from your part of the world, but it was big and bright and amazing here.  Not only at night, but in the morning too.  It took up the whole sky.  Our new kitten was definitely digging it.  We [...]

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Tricky, tricky garden

Posted on October 6, 2007 - Filed Under broccoli, cucumbers, green market, herbs, pecans, pickles, planting, tomatoes, vegetables, worms | 1 Comment

So far we seem to be getting a pretty good crop of pecans. Last year we had lots of duds mixed in. I may be speaking too soon, but I haven’t come across many duds yet. I’ve already collected two large onion sacks-full and the season’s just begun. I’m going to [...]

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