Wow, July was a very dry month for us here in Missouri…although the total amount of rainfall was near normal…that 3 inches all came in the first few days of the month…and then nothing for the rest of the month. Things have struggled in the drought and heat this month…there were several weeks of very [...]
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Last Updated August 18, 2011 Here are the current food growing totals…as well as last years totals so you can compare how we are doing. We are definietly behind for the year, but I have started a bunch of fall crops and hope to make up the harvest in a month or two.
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May was a great month for the garden! I spent a lot of time out there and am pleased that it looks as good as it does. It has rained quite a bit and everything is extremely green! I stepped back for some of these photos so you can see the design of the garden [...]
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Time for another tour of the garden! June is a big month for the garden!!! Things that were small in the beginning of the month are huge now. Beans and corn that were still seeds a month ago are now over 5 feet tall! Here is a gallery of photos I took, mostly from June 21st (solstice) [...]
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2010 EDIBLE LANDSCAPE PLAN DRAWING 11X17 click this link to download I thought it was very important for you to have access to the garden design for the Sprawlstainable Garden. This drawing shows the entire site, the legend to all the edible plantings of fruits and vegetables, the house, the gardens, the patios, etc. The download [...]
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I was asked to share some snapshots of the garden, so I have put together a gallery of images from the last two weeks. I included both edibles and ornamentals. I am looking forward to the season progressing, and you will get to see how big the veggies get, and how well the flowers do [...]
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Final Totals This is a portion of my spreadsheet that lists both the amount of food we have grown this year and the cost of buying this amount of organic food at the store. Also included at the bottom are the totals, including the percentage we have eaten of the produce (I am keeping track [...]
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This is what we are growing this year, most of the fruit trees and shrubs were planted either last year or this year, so I don’t expect much from them in 2010. I do expect some serviceberries, a few currants, some strawberries and maybe a few pears. Of the vegetables, this will be my first [...]
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One of our main goals for the adventure toward sustainability over the next two years is to grow a significant percent of the food we eat right here in our own backyard (10%-20%). We want to do this for several reasons. 1. We really want to know where our food comes from, what chemicals are [...]
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