I took the kids to an Earth Day festival Saturday at the Ogden Nature Center. It was really fun, the kids spent a great day outdoors, we all got some sun (!) and I learned a few things.
I've been wanting to start a vegetable garden again, and have been trying to find space and come up with an economical, low-time spent, big -pay off kind of plan. I think I found it!!
One of the exhibitors at the Earth Day festival was a Square Foot Gardener. As he explained how it works, it seems too simple. I bought the book, joined the Yahoo! group, visited the original Square Foot Gardening siteand have processed the info. I just need Terry to make the structure(s) for me and away I'm going to go! :)
I also learned about vermicompost. It's basically taking your veg and fruit scraps, mixing them with some shredded newspaper and feeding red wiggler worms. It enhances the soil greatly, and will make Mel's Mix for the Square Foot Gardening recipe. I'm excited about trying this--first I'd like to find some local Red Wiggler worms, so that I don't have to pay shipping. 1 lb of worms online goes for anywhere between 15-$30, some with shipping, some without. . you know how that goes!
Anyhow, here's to my next project!!
Did I mention that my curtain fabric is still on the roll in my sewing room? And I haven't bought curtain rods yet?? DOH!!!!
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