Project: Tomato

Disclaimer: I am a humungous gardening noob.  Feel free to point and laugh, but please keep in mind i ain’t no expert.

Cherries and Roma Tomatoes seeded in the last week of April:

The seed beds are recycled containers with holes cut out on the bottom for drainage.…

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The Backyard Clean-Up

The plan:

I’ve been spending a lot of time in my backyard lately, and a bit in the front. This is what I’ve accomplished so far:

  • manually removed wild violets and other weeds from half the lawn
  • turned, tilled, raked the soil, amended it with gardening soil
  • plotted out where the veggie patches will end up
  • aerated and mowed the remaining grass in the backyard
  • mowed the grass in the front yard
  • cleaned up the front garden and weeded a little
  • seeded lawn with an eco-friendly type of grass (needs little watering)
  • overseeded the remaining lawn with same grass
  • more weeding!

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