by Kelli Donley | Sep 17, 2009 | Community, Happy Hippie, Tutorial
Find the space you are interested in gardening. Survey this for type of soil, etc. Is the soil horrible? Is there no soil — such as this space? Then consider starting on top of the existing ground. Even this can produce. Gather shredded paper, cardboard, coffee...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 16, 2009 | Community, Happy Hippie, Journal
I’m working with a charter high school on creating a community garden. I started last week working with the students and it was a culturally clueless experience. We are going to lasagna garden their small plot of land because at the moment, it is compacted dirt...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 14, 2009 | Happy Hippie, Journal
I’m officially calling it Fall. Yep, it is still 100+ outside and yes, I’m still wearing tank tops and flip flops like they are my version of desert couture. However, I’m ready to shed the skin of this summer, crawl out from my rock of self-pity and...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 12, 2009 | Domestic Art, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie, Journal
While a bridge over troubled pumpkins was temporarily considered, instead I opted for Finny’s suggestion of tomato cages. The pumpkins? They’ve been wrangled. So easy! And with supplies I already had. I had one of those Laura Ingalls Wilder moments this...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 10, 2009 | Domestic Art, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie
A gardening question for you — have you ever grown pumpkins or squash and had to reroute their direction? One of our gardens is so full, it is about two weeks away from completely taking over the walkway to the front door. With the new winter garden on the other...
by Kelli Donley | Sep 5, 2009 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
One summer about six years ago, I watched 4th of July fireworks from a crabbing boat in the Puget Sound. Ask me what I remember about that trip, other than freezing my shorts and flip flopped-butt off? The food. Other than the absolute best seafood I’ve ever...
