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Entries from June 2007

The Food Project CSA - Early Season Pickups

June 22nd, 2007 by Bill · No Comments

Our inauguration occurred on Thursday, June 7th at the Jamaica Plain Co-Housing pickup location. Now in the third week of our CSA with The Food Project, we’re gradually adjusting to eating locally and seasonally. My expectations were high and I was excited as we nervously pulled up in our car, double-checked […]

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Variations On A Theme

June 1st, 2007 by Bill · 1 Comment

Check out this article in the New York Times about a variation on raised bed gardening. I think its a great idea to make lighter, mobile gardens.  I see two problems with the method though. First, you need to worry about stability.  Raising a light garden like that up on a stand (and a […]

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Introduction To Square Foot Gardening - Part Two

June 1st, 2007 by Bill · 3 Comments

In part one of this series I described how I built my SFG boxes and frames. In this post I’ll describe the soil that goes into those frames. The basic idea is to create your own soil mix using equal amounts of blended compost, peat moss, and coarse vermiculite. Many pre-packaged […]

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Tags: Gardening