Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Monday, March 3, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
What's in Your Soil?
So, there I was weeding my front yard, and low and behold carrots!
It is kind of hard to see them in that photo, but they were there. I was trying to get these weeds out and they were really difficult. I started digging, and carrots! Very exciting. Since I have heard that we have high lead levels in the soil, I will not eat these, however, I will use in my compost! It is also nice to know that things will grow in my soil.
So, as I was working in the yard, I had the front door open since it was sooooo nice out today. Little Sputnik was trying to break-out!
This is a picture of Nathan at the Jefferson Memorial from the bike ride last week. It was so nice, we were one of the few people there. It was beautiful.
Here is Nathan earlier in the day, being silly (and wearing a helmet).
Okay, I promise to not make a million pictures of my boyfriend in every post, but remember how I said that sometimes he takes off his shirt to do manly things...
*I also made him promise to get a hair cut.
It is kind of hard to see them in that photo, but they were there. I was trying to get these weeds out and they were really difficult. I started digging, and carrots! Very exciting. Since I have heard that we have high lead levels in the soil, I will not eat these, however, I will use in my compost! It is also nice to know that things will grow in my soil.So, as I was working in the yard, I had the front door open since it was sooooo nice out today. Little Sputnik was trying to break-out!
This is a picture of Nathan at the Jefferson Memorial from the bike ride last week. It was so nice, we were one of the few people there. It was beautiful.
Here is Nathan earlier in the day, being silly (and wearing a helmet).
Okay, I promise to not make a million pictures of my boyfriend in every post, but remember how I said that sometimes he takes off his shirt to do manly things...
*I also made him promise to get a hair cut.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Gardening
This is it, this is the weekend that I will finally start a garden.
First, I am going to make a container compost pile, from the blog I read, it seem to be easy peasy. I know that the compost will not really be used for quite some time, there is no time like the present to get started!
Second, I am going to get lawn bags to put all the leaves in that I do not use in the compost bin.
Third, I am going to figure out what things I should plant. I really want to do blueberries, it will make the pies A LOT cheaper, but from what I read, I need acidic soil. I guess I need to figure out 1. how to test soil, and 2. how to make the soil acidic. I would also like to grow other berries. I have been told that the soil in our neighborhood has lead in it, this leaves out any root vegetables. Anything grown above ground should be A-OK for eating.
I may get some flower seeds and throw them in the front yard. I would like to brick this area in the next couple months, but no reason it has to look barren until then.
If anyone has ideas about what I should grow, please, please let me know. I also don't know what grows well in DC (in a shady backyard). At this point, I am willing to try anything and everything. Let's see what happens!
First, I am going to make a container compost pile, from the blog I read, it seem to be easy peasy. I know that the compost will not really be used for quite some time, there is no time like the present to get started!
Second, I am going to get lawn bags to put all the leaves in that I do not use in the compost bin.
Third, I am going to figure out what things I should plant. I really want to do blueberries, it will make the pies A LOT cheaper, but from what I read, I need acidic soil. I guess I need to figure out 1. how to test soil, and 2. how to make the soil acidic. I would also like to grow other berries. I have been told that the soil in our neighborhood has lead in it, this leaves out any root vegetables. Anything grown above ground should be A-OK for eating.
I may get some flower seeds and throw them in the front yard. I would like to brick this area in the next couple months, but no reason it has to look barren until then.
If anyone has ideas about what I should grow, please, please let me know. I also don't know what grows well in DC (in a shady backyard). At this point, I am willing to try anything and everything. Let's see what happens!
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