TechCowboys on May 27th, 2007

The digging is done…though not the best thing to do for 6 hours straight right after spending 4 hours running around West Ed Mall doing the Unknown Challenge for Dell in the 2007 Edmonton Corporate Challenge Games this year… We started on the trellises and still have to attach the mesh. we ran away since [...]

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TechCowboys on May 21st, 2007

Spent all weekend working at the Camrose plot. Got all the beds finished up with added peat and perlite. We discovered the compost pile belonged to the city and they weren’t at work when we went to see about getting it. maybe we can get some this week sometime and top dress it in just [...]

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TechCowboys on May 14th, 2007

Got out to the Camrose plot today for about 8 hours, and got a lot done. There are all the new pictures posted to the Picasa web album, so check them out! it’s come a long way from being a weed-choked plot a few weeks ago to where it’s now at. I think the addition [...]

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TechCowboys on May 11th, 2007

While digging through the garage I found some great stuff for the garden that will cut costs down – old orange tarps and rebar and steel piping. so now I can make orange mulch to increase the lycopene content of all the orange and red veggies, and make vertical trellises for some of the climbing [...]

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TechCowboys on April 30th, 2007

Wow, now I’ve met the rototiller, and I’m pretty tired from it. It’s a good thing I weigh as much as I do or there would’ve been no chance of me running it as it would’ve run away with me. As it was, I just did a few rows of the garden to try it [...]

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