I think we’re going to scale our porch garden to five EarthBoxes initially. We’re not sure how much sunlight they’ll get so we’ll start with a smaller number and then add more if we want to expand.
Monthly Archives: October 2003
Porch Garden
Yesterday I mapped out our little porch. It’s only ~11’x6′ space. I figured we could fit ten EarthBoxes into the space out there and still have a walkway out the slider. I think we’ll be planning for the spring. If we can figure out what we want to grow then in the spring we’ll order […]
Last of the basil
The only thing that I grew this year was some basil in a container. It didn’t do all that well. This next spring I want to try an EarthBox and grow multiple herbs. Hopefully it’ll work better. Even so the last of the basil was good. I used it with last night with some homemade […]
Four-Season Harvest
Coleman writes “My idea of paradise is a place where I can eat garden-fresh food year-round. I enjoy good food, and I know the vegetables from my home garden taste better and are more nutritious than anything I can buy…To my delight, I discovered that a four-season harvest is simplicity itself.” From the first chapter […]
Interim property
Our plan has been fairly direct. Pay off remaining debts, purchase a property, and save until we can afford to build our house. It’s the last part that’ll take longest. We plan to do the majority of the work ourselves but it is stil going to be expensive. Plus we wanted to have enough money […]
