Last year's garden was a bust. We were supposed to move to NC so we gave away everything.. including my precious dirt! So I have to start over now. That's okay.. it will be worth it!
Garden is mapped, and planting and harvest dates are put on the calendar.
So I will have 15 6-ft x 3-ft garden boxes.
The plants this year are:
Early Snowball Cauliflower - 2
Farmer's Extra Early Snowball Cauliflower - 2
Green Magic Broccoli - 2
Green Sprouting Calebrese - 2
Coronando Crown Broccoli - 2
Cherry Belle Radishes - 48
Green Arrow Peas - 136
Purple Pod Beans - 136
Blue Lake Pole Beans - 64
Sugar Snap Peas - 72
Bush Beans White Half Runner - 8
Gotta Have it White Corn - 32
Golden Cross Corn - 36
Boston Pickling Cucumbers - 4
Straight Eight Cucumbers - 4
Big Boy Bell Peppers - 6
Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes - 6
Roma Tomatoes - 6
Golden Rave Tomatoes - 6
Gurney Girl tomatoes - 6
Sweet Baby Girl tomatoes - 6
Danvers Carrots - 80
Nantes Carrotes - 64
Envy Carrots - 64
Nantes Coreless - 80
Crimson Sweet Watermelons - 3
Sugar Baby Watermelons - 2
Field's Sweet Cantalope - 3
Gurney's Giant Cantalopes - 3
Multipik Crookneck Yellow Summer Squash - 1
Black Magic Zucchini - 2
Jack-o-lantern Pumpkins- 3
Lumina Pumpkins - 3
Gurney's Giant Pumpkins - 3
Spinach - 42
Bibb Lettuce - 8
Iceburg lettuce - 8
Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce - 8
Buttercrunch Lettuce - 8
Bright Lights Chard - 4
Lettuce Blend - 8
Strawberries - 72
Thyme - 1
Dill - 1
Cilantro - 3
Mint - 3
Basil - 6
and flowers:
geranium - 7
Nasturtium - 25
Marigold - 4
Sunflowers - 15
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Farm Birthday featuring sock horses
In october we had an amazing birthday party for Lucy, who turned 7! It is hard to believe my girly is 7 already!
My friend Beth made an awesome 3-D farmhouse cake. Recipe wasn't too hard and was found here: Family Fun Farm Cake. The cake was a big hit with all the kids and we had to ration the "farm animals".
At the party we made some cute hobby horses, roughly based on thesehobby horses. Of course, I forgot to take pictures of any of the finished horses, so use your imagination. If I can find anyone that did take a picture, I will post it. I got some string mops and crew socks from the dollar store. The dollar store mops were perfect because they were super short. Like mops for little people (it's not cool to say midget, is it?). We took a sock and stuffed it over the mop so that the strings filled the bottom of the sock forming the horses, um, snout? nose? muzzle?. I just left the socks loose and open around the handle of the mop. The strings did not try to jump out of the sock at all, and it worked very well. Next I cut some lengths of string and using a plastic canvas type of needle, i pulled the yarn through the sock and then back up very close to where i went down. Then I tied the two ends together. I did this all over the mane area. I cut 2 triangles from felt and hot glued them where ears should be. Finally we sewed buttons on for the eyes.
Then we raced horses. Fun.
Lucy's favorite part: Beiber posters for her room.
My friend Beth made an awesome 3-D farmhouse cake. Recipe wasn't too hard and was found here: Family Fun Farm Cake. The cake was a big hit with all the kids and we had to ration the "farm animals".
At the party we made some cute hobby horses, roughly based on thesehobby horses. Of course, I forgot to take pictures of any of the finished horses, so use your imagination. If I can find anyone that did take a picture, I will post it. I got some string mops and crew socks from the dollar store. The dollar store mops were perfect because they were super short. Like mops for little people (it's not cool to say midget, is it?). We took a sock and stuffed it over the mop so that the strings filled the bottom of the sock forming the horses, um, snout? nose? muzzle?. I just left the socks loose and open around the handle of the mop. The strings did not try to jump out of the sock at all, and it worked very well. Next I cut some lengths of string and using a plastic canvas type of needle, i pulled the yarn through the sock and then back up very close to where i went down. Then I tied the two ends together. I did this all over the mane area. I cut 2 triangles from felt and hot glued them where ears should be. Finally we sewed buttons on for the eyes.
Then we raced horses. Fun.
Lucy's favorite part: Beiber posters for her room.
2010 Projects in Review
Projects from 2010
Fabric Strip Curtain, rug and curtains - Jan. 2010
Sun on a Snowy Day Wreath - Feb. 2010
Coffee Cup Rack - March 2010
Pretty Pots - March 2010
Plant Cell Cake - April 2010
Teacher gifts on the fly - May 2010
Summer Dresses - June 2010
Water Bottle Carrier - June 2010
Iron on wall "vinyls" - July 2010
Operation New Board - July 2010
Hang up laundry separators - Sept. 2010
Menu Board - Oct. 2010
Scary Spider Wreath - Oct. 2010
Hobby Horses - Oct. 2010
Fabric Strip Curtain, rug and curtains - Jan. 2010
Sun on a Snowy Day Wreath - Feb. 2010
Coffee Cup Rack - March 2010
Pretty Pots - March 2010
Plant Cell Cake - April 2010
Teacher gifts on the fly - May 2010
Summer Dresses - June 2010
Water Bottle Carrier - June 2010
Iron on wall "vinyls" - July 2010
Operation New Board - July 2010
Hang up laundry separators - Sept. 2010
Menu Board - Oct. 2010
Scary Spider Wreath - Oct. 2010
Hobby Horses - Oct. 2010
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