Last week, I started a mushroom bed to grow wine cap mushrooms! The bed is made of cedar dust, wood chips, and straw. Today, I continued the maitake mushroom project. Maitake mushrooms I am going to attempt growing maitake mushrooms on oak tree logs. A couple of months ago, I went to a lumber yard…
My friend gave me some asparagus roots to plant. Asparagus are perennials, so I was extra excited – just needed to get them in the ground. So, over the weekend, I planted the asparagus, but about an hour after finishing up, I realized I planted the roots upside down!!! Whoops!! I went back out and…
I’ve been letting things take their growing course while I water and wait. Today though, I made a manure tea for the vegetable garden, herbs, and trees…and created, and inoculated, a bed for Wine Cap Mushrooms! Wine Cap Mushrooms Bed Sectioned off a shaded/partial sun area in the corner of my backyard. Poured cedar sawdust…
I would like to offer a perspective that may seem controversial to some; this is a time to keep context. Please read through to the end. Systemic racism Police brutality Racial disparities, drug policy, and policing Harsh criminal sentences Mass shootings Hate crimes Access to healthcare The rights of older people in “care” facilities Surveillance and data protection Nation-to-nation foreign policy…
It was not proactive “Stop the Spread,” but it was pro Human Rights. Choosing what battles to fight, deciding what to stand up for can vary and cause conflicts. However, I felt it was important to participate and document the marches for George Floyd, and the Black Lives Matter movement in Oklahoma City on Sunday,…
It is not traveling around the world, but it has been a journey! I bought my house 10 years ago and never really did as much to the inside or outside as I would have liked — you know, adding particular areas and designs that make it “ours.” Quarantine has really given me the bug…
To see what I have done so far, visit my original progressive post of updates: Adventures of Quarantine Gardening and Quarantine Gardening Adventures Continue.
So, just to get you caught up — I have never gardened successfully or even kept a plant alive longer than a couple of months. I am putting in the effort, talking to experts, and getting my butt in the yard to get dirty and grow things!
End of Day Update: May 7, 2020 Remember that fence gate door thing I took down to use as a raised bed? I’m going to use it now! Well, it is in place to be used. Maybe…tomatoes and potatoes? Tomatos and potatos? Endless possibilities — endless possibilities within Zone 7, that is. I also put…
I have recently returned from a one-week trip to Europe with my husband. We stayed for four days in Nuremberg, Germany and for three days in Prague, Czech Republic. In total, we spent 400 euro during all these days on food, museums, and souvenirs.
