Kitchen and Toilet Composting

April 19th, 2010

Composting: An easy way to dispose of all organic waste :) We are composting kitchen, yard and garden, as well as toilet waste. I decided to separate the toilet composting from the kitchen and garden compost piles because I want to let the toilet compost age one to two …


Corn Sprouts & New Plantings

April 16th, 2010

First corn sprout in my vegetable garden
I got my very first corn sprout Wednesday. I found three actually, one was almost an inch up while two others had just peaked their tips through the soil surface.

I haven’t done a great job tracking my planting dates and …


Our Very First Tree

April 2nd, 2010

Newly planted young orange tree

W’s dad brought us our very first tree today! It’s an orange tree–Citrus sinensis ‘Trovita’–about two feet tall and a couple of beginning blossoms are already on it. The flower blooms are small and white, and they have a rich, heady scent …


First Vegetable Patches Planted

March 23rd, 2010

Even though it’s only our second full day on the land, I couldn’t resist going ahead and getting some of my vegetable patches started :)

Vegetable garden patches day 1 This picture may not be the greatest because I took it with my cell phone and it’s …


Sustainable Living Musings & Ideas

March 18th, 2010

So the first step in our sustainable living plan is almost complete. We’re scheduled to sign the contract on the land Saturday! :) Our first steps started already of course. We had to do the research on the land and offer, and this week we’ve been working on gathering up …


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