tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88994081571682682022024-02-07T00:12:50.312-06:00Crooked Tail GardenThis is our journey as city-dwelling garden enthusiasts. We are starting with a garden and have all sorts of ideas of other things to grow and raise! We aim to do as much as we can in healthy, organic and sustainable ways.Crooked Tail Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725695683271846960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899408157168268202.post-89367883588532258342012-04-13T10:25:00.000-05:002012-04-13T10:25:08.450-05:00Chickens!!!!!Yep, we finally did it. We got CHICKENS!! We have been wanting them for at least a year, but haven't been able to find a coop we could afford. Building a coop was always an option, but we didn't want to drop a lot of money on materials when we aren't sure how well our carpentry skills would work. Well I got a bunch of supplies from my wonderful uncle over Easter this past Crooked Tail Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725695683271846960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899408157168268202.post-18675226903342737422012-04-13T09:06:00.000-05:002012-04-13T09:06:58.963-05:00OopsyWell if you know me, you know that I get amped up about projects and then get too busy to follow through with them. Like doing a blog. Or owning chickens :) Well now that we have several new additions to the family, I thought it would be good to start this up again as a means to track their growth and our experiment.
Before that, however, lets go with an update:
Last year's Crooked Tail Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725695683271846960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899408157168268202.post-22753958683279825962011-03-23T09:30:00.000-05:002011-03-23T09:30:30.150-05:00Sprouts!
Growing station made from PVC pipe.
Simple fluorescent lamp hangs on top rod.
The growing has officially begun! Kept warm and cozy under our homemade growing station, the seeds that we started just two weeks ago have already begun to come up and show us some green. The primary sprouters are flower seeds, but tomato plants have also shown their heads, even more since these Crooked Tail Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725695683271846960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899408157168268202.post-19841562673113161382011-03-15T09:33:00.000-05:002011-03-15T09:33:54.760-05:00Planting the seeds!
Seed packets from Seed Savers
Let the planting begin!! That time of year has finally arrived and we can get our hands dirty for the first time this season, WOO! We decided that March 13 was going to be the day that we would put our first seeds in the dirt, since we're 7-8 weeks away from the last frost.
The seeds you see here are the majority of what we're going to be growingCrooked Tail Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725695683271846960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899408157168268202.post-29883117911918904462011-03-14T12:35:00.000-05:002011-03-14T13:50:33.854-05:00The 2011 Garden
Tilling up the yard at my friend Rob's house in
2010. Hopefully this year will be easier!
After moving into a new home in August, we were delighted to get the OK from our friends Rana and Hilary to start our garden on their land just 3 blocks away. Ideally, we would want it on our property, but we don't have the size or sun exposure to grow anything meaningful. The site whereCrooked Tail Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10725695683271846960noreply@blogger.com0