Chard Wars

It's a beautiful day in the bay area. 73 degrees Fahrenheit, sunny and nothing to do in the garden but water and watch everything grow.

Or.... be silly and stage the many battles of the epic sci-fi series Chard Wars 

Battle of Strawberry Buds

The Empire invasion of Carrots 

Radish Troopers are done looking for droids

The Epic Chard Wars. 

patent pending :) 

   

Building a raised bed

It occurred to me today while helping a customer at the hardware store that not everyone knows how to build a raised bed... much less no how to plan what to put in it. So, starting today +The Littlest Farm  will be putting more effort into sharing the basics to help people get started growing.

This is a pretty solid tutorial. 

Never forget that the internet is a never ending source of plans. My personal favorite is Popular Mechanics. Their raised bed plans are unrivaled. 

Happy Growing! 

Side Project : Broken Pot Garden

Sometimes, when you are just waiting for your plants to grow or having a hard time deciding what chicken breed you take on a weird project. This is a weird project.

Inspired by my clumsiness and our determination to let nothing go to waste we but together a little art project for the garden.

There was no hoping super glue would help here. Something else needed to be done to keep this from heading to the landfill.

A little creative hammer work

A delicate idea

Place the stairs

Some ground cover

An awesome world where dinosaurs hunt sheep.