Tuesday, February 7, 2012

my bed in the middle of the community quilt. i can tell that the quilt patterns were what i took home from the national green centre. 

first two buckets of leaf shred and two buckets of home compost. Gram helped carry compost up the hill to the van. she was done before the end. 

supervisor

partly covered and turned bed. 

Bernardsville mountain = rocks

Monday, February 6, 2012

my bees are wintering fine. i would like to consider collecting the hive that went into the barn. then setting up a second hive near the collected hive. that would give me four hives. and maybe i can help with the ones at wagner farm arboretum.
i want to get ground cover on asap. review my seeds stash. and figure out crop rotation for such a small plot.
spread 4 large buckets of manure on my plot. i need to add leaves and sig in tomorrow. too much to do to get it done today. i took soil samples. found rock and weeds, but nice sun. did not see any worms.
today i gave Wanda $175 for two years and irrigation. a decent deal. then i went looking for manure. found it at Lord Stirling Stables, ended up signing up for a 2 hour walk ride this coming Sunday.

my newest endeavor to keep Gram and me a little saner- a 10 x 10 foot plot at the Bernardsville community garden.