Category: Straw bale beds #1-8

  • Gardening Diary – April 15, 2021

    Gardening Diary – April 15, 2021

    Straw bales beds #1-4 with modifications in irrigation system. Picture taken on April 15, 2021. For years, we have been concerned that the water from the drip hoses between beds containing the straw bales has been flooding the area outside the beds, especially, in the walkways. Thoughts of various solutions…

  • Gardening Diary – March 2, 2021

    Gardening Diary – March 2, 2021

    For the last day of preparing the straw bales, fertilized all the straw bales using Alaska Morbloom Fertilizer (0-10-10). On all but two of the straw bales, used 1 cup of this fertilizer in a gallon of water on 1 straw bale; on each of the last 2 straw bales,…

  • Gardening Diary – February 25, 2021

    Gardening Diary – February 25, 2021

    For the seventh day of preparing the straw bales, fertilized all the straw bales using 1 cup of Alaska Fish Fertilizer in 2 gallons of water for 4 straw bales. Continued working in the front yard. Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken 25 February 2021. Weeded the 2 Pink…

  • Gardening Diary – August 18, 2020

    Started to weed the 2nd bulb bed. Watered the raised beds #1-7.