http://www.sproutingoff.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:57:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Michele asked what soil amendments we were planning on using in our beds.  Primarily I use Tagro.  I have a well documented past with the stuff.  I did an experiment last season with the tomatoes.  I planted 4 in a bed that was only amended with Tagro and 6 in ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/qa-soil-amendments/ Last year I gave an account of how I went about planning the Sprouting Off vegetable garden.  This year was similar to last, only more involved.  Last year we quickly realized that 150 square feet was not nearly large enough to feed our family of 3.  We ate and preserved ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/planning-the-2010-garden/ I am not the biggest fan of Valentine's Day.  It could be the years of working for one of the companies that made it up.  It could be that I despise all commercialism.  Or it could be that I don't need an excuse to tell my sweetie I love him. ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/334/ Wow, I promised a drawing of the garden didn't I.  I believe I got distracted by something shiny.  Yes, shiny.  At the moment I don't know where it is so you don't get that.  Sorry. Instead, I'm happy to say that my wonderful husband installed a gate on the arbor in ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/let-the-gardening-begin/ Welcome to a new planting season.  Wait?  What?  Isn't it January?  I'm wondering if you have your seeds ordered yet?  I ordered mine last August for fear of my previous encounter with late arriving seeds. With any luck the 2010 Sprouting Off garden will be bigger and better than ever.  Trick ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/ambition/ Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.  At the current moment we have reached our $3000 (gross sales) goal.  With about $650 more in sales we could be close to having $3000 in profit!  That would men we could almost double what was sent to Baby ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/so-much-to-be-thankful-for/ In the hustle and bustle of life I completely forgot to let you in on a little side gig that I do.  Not that Sprouting Off isn't yet another side gig, but this one is important. In 2006 my husband and I sold and made chocolate truffles and caramels to raise ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/buy-candy-help-orphans/ When I became a parent I was very excited to enter the world of mommyhood.  Children mean built-in friendships don't they?  I was dismayed to find the world of moms often catty and unappealing.  I am a very shy person by nature.  However, my family would argue that point to ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/enjoy-tacoma-where-you-are/ The Tuesday Night Supper feature has obviously taken a few weeks off.  The busy and a mysterious illness has befallen all members of this house and last night we ate frozen pizza.  It wasn't even my wonderful throw it together in 30 minutes pizza. Gardening has also taken a backseat in ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/pre-winter-woes/ The first time I was offered fish tacos I thought my Grandfather was joking. I had just finished my junior year in highschool and my grandparents took one of my brothers, my oldest cousin and me on a trip to their winter home in San Felipe, Mexico. My ... http://www.sproutingoff.com/tuesday-night-supper-fish-tacos/