Infrastructure Archives : Cast Iron Garden

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

09/25/2024 sunchokes in the compost area

Who made this compost area so fancy??

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024

05/16/2024 tepary beans

As hoped, we got them seeded before rain. They’ve now had several inches of rain to support their summer growth!

May 12, 2024May 12, 2024

We got more rain overnight and I needed to smooth out the disturbed soil near the house foundation where we recently got piers. While I had the hoe out, I scraped out some little drainage ditches to pull some water away from the porch.

May 6, 2024May 6, 2024

05/06/2024

Hanging out with the baby plants!

May 4, 2024May 4, 2024

05/04/2024 great restraint

We went up to Native Plant Nursery of Oklahoma City today to help the Chef’s mom add some drought tolerant native plants to her garden. We got her six plants but we stuck to our personal list and thus got only one! We feel positively responsible.

The people staffing the nursery were helpful and knowledgeable and willing to brainstorm ideas with us. (Especially helpful since the Chef’s mom lives a bit away where some different species can grow.)

April 21, 2024April 21, 2024

04/21/2024 cat crime

Last night I opened up the heating mat area to check on tomatoes and peppers who are indoors a few days while it’s chilly out.

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

04/16/2024 sketching out paths

After the big oak trim, we have a lot of small to medium sized branches leftover from The Chef’s mushroom growing attempts.

April 4, 2024April 2, 2024

03/29/2024 oxalis volunteers en masse

Native Oxalis volunteers all over our yard but has really created a lovely ground cover in the front yard near the porch. I’ve tentatively identified it as Oxalis stricta.

March 10, 2024March 4, 2024