The Start of a Garden Adventure

At times I can get rather fixed on things. I'll ramble on about the wonders of vermicomost or aquaponics to friends and family as their eyes slowly glass over. Usually these ramblings amount to nothing more than a passing phase soon to be forgotten by my captive audience, but something happened in the spring of 2014. Other people got excited too.

And with that the summer garden was born. A humble plot built on my girlfriend's farm, fenced with scrap chicken wire and boxed with recycled lumber. It even had a fancy gate once employed to hold the wandering sheep herd at bay. 

(June 2014)

Starting with radish and snow pea, as summer progressed the plot became a vigorous veggie patch.

( July 2014)

At this point things seemed like they would fit just fine. Little did we know.

(August 2014)

It would become a dense and mysterious jungle!

At the end of the season based on somewhat sporadic records and memory I estimated the following yield from our little patch,

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Regrowing Celery

In grade ten I attempted to regrow grocery store peppers by planting their seeds. This was a complete and horrid failure. Some six years later I ventured into the realm of regrowing from the produce aisle once more and achieved some moderate success. Below are my two humble celery plants.

3 months old (left) 1 week old (right)

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The Patio Overhaul

The patio has been a space in our house that I have been eyeing up for quite some time. Originally it was an old garage but some time in the distant past the roof fell in. It was worked on and the retaining wood was placed so the brick would not fall away anymore. When all that happened is an enigma. Over the past week a lot of junk was removed, converting the patio from a dump to a welcome private patio. We also managed to salvage a fairly nice outdoor table set before it was sent off to the landfill.  Finally it's a place worth inhabiting. 

A Mexican Fiesta to celebrate!

Underneath the patio is a small space that we use to store bikes, ladders, lawnmowers, etc. It had a small shack-like entrance to it that served no real purpose other than an eyesore. It was demo time :) 

The original door was taken off and cut down to fit the opening of the actual crawlspace. And the best part you ask?

A lock to keep out pesky bike thieves. Curse them and their mothers!

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