As some of you know, I am an Oregon State University Extension Service Master Gardener - and I just LOVE to garden! So I am very impatient in winter, stomping around the yard in my jcket and hat, plotting new garden beds, new paths, moving plants (which drives dear hubby crazy by the way!) and just generally getting very impatient for decent weather!
To fuel my impatience are the stacks of lovely glossy seed and plant catalogs that have been filling my mailbox these past few weeks. I lovingly pore over each page, marking nearly all and figuring out where to add more garden to fit them in! Of course, I'll end up ordering a select few only, but its nice to dream!
I am so excited about my latest purchase, from CraigsList (of course!) - a small 6x8 greenhouse! Yay! Its a wood and perspex one, just the right height, although I can already tell it may need an extension! Despite booking a trailer from uhaul that should have fitted it, I ended up having to take it to peices and reassemble it, and a few peices were broken in transit, but yesterday it was put back together and looks amazing. I will post pics soon!
I want to start seeds this year with a soil blocker - used in Europe, they are really just coming on the market here in the US and we are sourcing them for the Australasian College's store, the Apothecary Shoppe (http://www.apothecary-shoppe.com) so as soon as we get them in, I'll make a demo video for you all.
I had a great Master Gardener class this past week on Organic Gardening - right up my alley and reinforced that I am using the right approach to my garden.
The class reminded me though that my approach to organic is a little different to the USDA. I take a low input sustainable approach to gardening - I try to make or recycle as much as possible. Hence the second hand greenhouse, home made compost, and seed swaps. So look for lots of new tips this year as I get this blog humming!
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