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Aphids Attack

August 17th, 2009 · 9 Comments · House and Home

So my indoor garden was attacked by aphids. Come to find out, aphids are the bane of gardeners. I had no idea. Since this whole gardening thing is new to me, I had to go through the web and to the gardening center to try and figure out what the heck I [...]

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First Harvest

August 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · House and Home

Here’s the very first thing that we’ve harvested from the plants we have growing. It’s not much, but it is a beautiful little strawberry.

My wife and I cut it in half and split it. It was a little tart but just full of flavour. It was a very satisfying moment and we’ve [...]

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Plant Pot Project – Part 2

July 16th, 2009 · 33 Comments · House and Home

Ok, so after kicking off my Plant Pot Project, I managed to make a little bit of progress. I’ve completed the pot itself and have planted some herbs in a mini greenhouse to get them going. So far, a bit of basil seems to be sprouting but I have 3 other kinds of [...]

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Plant Potting Plans

July 5th, 2009 · 16 Comments · House and Home

So I mentioned that I’d started gardening and being the kind of crazy tinkerer that I am, I couldn’t just plant some stuff. So I went over to instructables and found this awesome potting idea.
It’s a rather clever idea, nice and simple with a dramatic appearance. I didn’t want to go full scale [...]

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Trying Out Some Gardening

June 16th, 2009 · 10 Comments · House and Home

I’ve started trying to grow stuff. I started with a rosemary plant I picked up at the grocery store, then a kit for a garlic bulb. I’ve now expanded into flowers, accent grasses and now, even strawberries. So far it’s all pretty tenuous. I have no idea what’s going to make [...]

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Self Cranking Hose

March 29th, 2007 · Comments Off · House and Home

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Gardening season is coming. The spring, the fresh air, the bright green colours as everything starts to grow. If you do any gardening at all, you’ll need to use a hose at some point or another. Most people have a manual crank reel for storing our hose. That’s what’s on the [...]

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