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The Life of a Raised Bed
Monday, November 17th, 2008I have previously written a good deal about raised beds made out of raw, untreated wooden planks. I don’t like the idea of building out of pressure-treated wood since I’m not sure if there are any chemicals or salts leaking into the soil. I’ve been using either spruce or pine, I’m not really sure, but [...]
Small Computer As Garden Control Center
Saturday, September 27th, 2008I’m going to build a system for my food production using an NSLU2 computer from the company Linksys. This is a small computer with USB and network connection but no keyboard or mouse connected. This a is a bit challenging because you have to do all communication through the network, but when it’s up and [...]
Two Inspiring Videos
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Here are two inspiring videos for you:
The first one is called “Greening The Desert”. A guy called Geoff Lawton is talking about a project they did in the desert 2 km from The Dead Sea. They’re harvesting the small amount of rainwater they get in that area and bringing the soil to life again. Figs [...]
Raised Bed Plans
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008(Click picture to enlarge)
The picture above shows the dimensions of my small raised bed. You can get a closer look at this particular bed in my garden tour video. It’s made of raw pinewood, which is not the best material for this I guess, but it’s still going strong after two years. It’s cheap but [...]
My Garden Layout In 2008
Monday, September 1st, 2008(Click picture to enlarge)
This is an overview of my garden as it looks in 2008. There are five beds of which two are raised beds. The remaining three beds are raised bed wannabes meaning that the width is the same as the raised beds 120 cm (47 inches) and the soil has been dug deep. [...]
The Local Weather Conditions
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Just wanted to show you what the weather conditions are like on average in my area:
Usually we have a wet and windy fall and most of the snow falls in January and February. There’s not that much heat around here, so growing oranges are out of the question and melons are difficult. But we’re not [...]
What Is RSS And How To Use It
Sunday, August 24th, 2008RSS is the next big thing after raised beds. I think it has something to do with Web 2.0, i.e. the next generation of the Internet.
You have all of these websites, that you visit again and again, because the content is updated periodically. I used to do this and waste a lot of time visiting [...]
Garden Tour
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Come and join me on a tour around my garden. (Still working on adding the sound 
) We’ll take a look at:
Corn
Peas
Beans
Pond
Asparagus potatoes
Bintje potatoes
Sava potatotes
Carrots
Onions
Tagetes
Roses
Lettuce
Carrots
Leeks
New rows of spinach and radish
Peach tree
Squash
Parsnip
Rhubarb
Composting boxes
Strawberries
Five apple trees
Place for bonfire
Red currant
Black currant
Raspberry
Gooseberry
Blackberry
Outlaw beehive
Rainwater tank
Red grapevine
Tomatoes
Green grapevine
Spices
BIG bucket for collecting killer slugs
OWNED!
Saturday, August 9th, 2008My girlfriend was fast with the camera. I don’t like it. I don’t think it’s funny at all.
How To Grow Potatoes
Saturday, August 9th, 2008I got away with growing very fine potatoes this year, and here’s an update on how to do it.
Soil
Potatoes like full sun and I dug up part of my front lawn for these babies. They like light, loose and well-drained soil with a pH of 5.8 to 6.5. I turned over the soil to a [...]
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