We held our “Hens & Chicks Meet & Greet” over the weekend and I think we’ve found a way to ease the drama, trauma and pain of small flock integration. And what a relief that is, given the trauma endured last August when we integrated two new hens into our flock. It was so bad, we ended up sending two from the original flock (the bad-girl bullies, Henny and…
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I love basil. Its heady, sweet smell is an instant reminder of summer, warm sunshine and tomatoes. During the winter months I purchase living basil (hydroponic) and come early March, it’s the first seeds that I start. Unfortunately, for the second year in a row, the beautiful flat of basil which I started and nurtured during the cold, wet spring has succumbed to just that…
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In addition to this blog, I keep an “old fashioned” garden journal – one I write in just about every weekend. I usually start writing in January – listing out the new seeds or plants I want to try – and wrap it up in October with the “most successful” list for that garden season. This year my January wish-list was…
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It’s been another cool, wet spring in north Idaho, but I think we are finally out of frost danger. The 50+ tomato plants that I started in early March have been hardening off in the covered hoop bed for about two weeks. We’ve been monitoring the overnight temperatures pretty closely with the help of a thermometer with a remote sensor and this…
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