Here at Tales from Mootopia we are starting to see our potato plants changing color. It is an exciting time and we are eager to harvest but according to the The Old Farmer's Almanac we have to wait until the foliage has died for for one or two weeks before we unearth our potatoes. Speaking of unearthing, we tried the lazy bed methodof growing potatoes and have done so for 3 years. We made mounded...
Garden Circles at Mootopia
June Means Green
It has been a few months since my last post. I installed an app on my phone to make it easier to post but the app is too glitchy and my time has been short at a computer. So here I am, with a little time and a lot to say about our gardens at Mootopia.
Speaking of Mootopia, Ryan and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary on the 28th We are amazed how fast 20 years has gone by and thankful for...
Garden Clean-up Has Commenced!
We are happily busy this week at Mootopia, commencing the big and much needed garden and yard clean-up, which just happens to coincide with the new moon.
Today we started cleaning up the straw bale tomato beds, pulling up dead stalks, cages and irrigation lines. I had my youngest three helping and we made the best of work in sloggy sand and semi frozen bales. It feels completely lovely to be...The "Food Court' at Mootopia
Last year was the first year I really decided to go full-in on growing food for myself and my family. The only sizable sunny spot in our yard was an ancient asphalt tennis court that was so rough you couldn’t dribble a basketball on it. One major asset it did have was a tall fence on both ends that used to catch stray tennis balls. Plus, there was already a fence along a third side, which made it...
More Garden Circles for Mootopia!
This is what the Mootopia garden looked like last year. Not bad for a newbie gardener, huh?
It is built on an old asphalt tennis court that is 60 ft by 120 ft. Part of it was turned into a sand volleyball court years ago by the previous owner and it had since filled with weeds. Rather than invest in repaving, or removing the asphalt, we instead decided to build a garden here since it was the only...