It's been a long absence, and frankly I was surprised to find my blog was still here. I'm going to start blogging again, and I commit to updating it weekly this year.
Since my last blog, we have enlarged our garden and added a flock of chickens to our menagarie. Construction on the new house has proceeded slowly, but we hope to pour the floor this spring.
I am still working in the accounting office of a small university. It's tedious work that does not seem to help us move closer to our goals of self-sufficiency, but it does provide us with health insurance and a stable income. I am exploring ways in which I can feel more connected to the farm while continuing to work, and I will blog about that here as well.
Happy 2012 to one and all.
Floating row covers
These covers protect our garden from frost, wind, and the guinea fowl in the corner of the photo
Jalapenos in sunken beds
Living in the desert, we use sunken beds to capture water and minimize evaporation
About Me
- Deborah
- Alpine, Texas, United States
- Red Wagon Farm is a small organic garden and homestead in far West Texas. We sell our produce weekly at the Alpine Farmers Market in the Hotel Ritchey courtyard on historic Murphy Street in Alpine, Texas.
Mark's Favorite Seed Catalogs
- Gourmet Seed International
- Irish Eyes Garden Seed
- Johnny's Selected Seeds
- Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
- Sourhern Exsposure seeds
Mark's Favorite Gardening Books
- "Growing for Market," monthly newsletter, www.growingformarket.com
- Answorth, Suzanne, "Seed to Seed"
- Coleman, Eliot, "Four Season Harvest," Chelsea Green Publishing
- Coleman, Eliot, "The New Organic Grower," Chelsea Green Publishing
- Doscher, Paul, et. al. "Intensive Gardening Round the Year"
- Frank Tozer "The Vegetable Growers Handbook", Green Man Publishing
- John Jaevons "How to Grow More Vegetables", ten speed press
- Maynard Hochmuth "Knots Handbook for Vegetable Growers 4th edition", John Wiley & Sons
- Rodale, J.L. "How to Grow Vegetables and Fruit by the Organic Method," Rodale Press
- Seed Savers Exchange, "Garden Seed Inventory," Sixth edition, 2004
1 comment:
I look forward to reading your blog! Can you post pictures of your house in progress? I have no idea what paper-crete is (although I can sort of guess.)
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