Garden ⁽¹⁰⁵⁾

Brian Bilbrey May 12, 2013

Busy Sunday

When I laid out the doors and shelves and such for finishing, there wasn't room to leave the cabinet carcass in the woodshop and still have room to setup for roasting coffee. Coffee wins, so I dragged the carcass sections upstairs, assembled and temporarily loaded them up: I ran out of time to get any more finishing done on the remaining pieces, sadly. I did get the main garden up and running today, though... There's 24 tomato plants, 12 pepper plants, beans, cucumbers, zucchini, potatoes, etc. I still have to get the herb box cleared and up, as well as…

Brian Bilbrey April 14, 2013

Spring is exhausting...

Last weekend, spring cleaning. This weekend, yardwork, all weekend long. The front is all pruned up, and first mowing of the year done. Looks pretty good (but the front fence needs a full redo). Today, I spent as much energy as I had (several hours worth) weeding out and tilling the garden beds in preparation for spring planting. In the evenings this week, I'll get the rest of the back yard cleaned up, too. At least then I'll have a starting point for the rest of the spring work. Upcoming: This is going to be an expensive week, since a…

Brian Bilbrey September 23, 2012

Fall snuck in the back door

While yesterday was the astronomically first day of Fall, it was warmer than most of the prior week. But that was the peak, and temps are dropping again. I harvested a bunch of pain from the garden today: I'm just preparing to rinse the harvest in the sink - it's mostly serrano and habañero peppers, plus a few jalapeño, a couple of tomatoes, and a tiny bell pepper. I ground up perhaps a quarter of that harvest to preserve here. The rest is going to the office tomorrow. Pain is best shared! I also roasted a pound of Sumatra Lake…

Brian Bilbrey August 19, 2012

Winding Down Summer

Today I pulled another batch of tomatoes out of the garden. How many? A gallon of salsa, and another lobster pot of red sauce, that's how many. I also dug up all the rest of the potatoes, about 30# worth. Today started with the shopping, then I was mowing from 1030 to 1200, and then gardening and cooking until 1930 - a full day's work. The garden is pretty sad, in truth. Between school and spending two weeks partially under the weather, the garden truly hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. The worst sin: Tomatoes have gone bad on the…

Brian Bilbrey July 20, 2012

Potatoes

Did I mention the potatoes? Here I some I dug up, cleaned, and ate (some of ) last night: Red potatoes from our garden