One of our main goals this year was to plant a fruit and vegetable garden. We were greatly affected by Michael Pollen’s writings and have incorporated organic and locally grown foods into our eating habits over the past few years. By putting in a potager, we hope to both improve the curb appeal of our house and grow local, organic, delicious food. Having no real experience with either of these tasks, we hired a landscape designer for the former, and relied on several works for the latter.
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May 2008
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Mon 19 May 2008
Wed 21 May 2008
WSJ recently ran an article on the emerging movement of replacing front and back lawns with fruits and vegetables. Some call this effort “mini-farming” or “micro-farming”. Since we have a fraction of a suburban lot, we’re going to call our endeavors “nano-farming”.
Because we are putting vegetable beds in our front yard and want to improve our house’s curb appeal, we decided to splurge on the picket fence and cedar boxes.
Building the cedar boxes
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Sat 24 May 2008
One unforeseen problem with white picket fence posts…
…they’re perfect landing pads for birds.
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Mon 26 May 2008
Memorial for Broken Tools and Other Casualties
Posted by tig under Home Renovation , Outdoors , Miscellaneous , Best OfWe are gathered here today to pay tribute to the broken tools and other casualties during our home renovations.
The oldest broken tool in our history of remuddling is our sledgehammer (above). This tool was left behind by the previous owners, and I broke it while smashing our cast iron bathtub. Now this sad remnant lives in our basement. I can’t bring myself to throw it away - maybe we’ll use it as a doorstop.
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Thu 29 May 2008
The 2 inch thick bluestone cap crowns my latest masonry achievement.
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