Author Archives: billcarpenter4

French Breakfast

Enjoyed the first harvest from the garden, two little French Breakfast Radishes.  I probably grabbed these a little early but I was itching to pull something from the garden.  This is a great little radish, easy and fast growing.  I got my seeds from the Seed Savers Exchange website.

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Blueberries!

Finally, we may have blueberries this year.  Two plants we bought last year at Lowe’s mostly survived the winter and have been doing well since I transplanted them to a better location in the yard.  One of them looks a little rough but the little growth I’ve seen is a positive for me. Also, Wen’s […]

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New Compost Bin

Last week I had an opportunity to salvage some 2×4 and 2×12 lumber from some shipping pallets. I broke down the pallets, pulled the nails an rough cut everything to 48″+/- in length. This length would work well for a couple of raised beds using the 2×12’s and would be long enough for a new […]

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