Dangit. It happens every stinkin' time! As I work on a project, my brain is constantly thinking about ways to improve what's currently being built. I guess it's a good thing sometimes, because the end result has more functionality, but it can also extend the timeframe for completion of the job at hand. Sigh......
The shelves on the opposite wall of the shed were completed last night at around 8:15 pm, but there's only two, because I needed alot of height between them for removing the top portion of the propagation chamber. If any of my readers haven't seen the propagation chamber that was built 2 years ago, then you're in for a treat! It's pretty weird! heh. Anyway, like I was saying....my brain almost went into overload while finishing that last shelf, and a brilliant idea came to me. The large space between the 2 shelves on that particular wall gives me all kinds of possibilities later. Although I won't tell of my plans yet - let me just say that 2010 will be the last time the propagation chamber will be used for growing seedlings....hehe. I will most likely sell it to someone, because next year i'm gonna upgrade a bit. We'll see how many plants are sold this spring, and i'll go from there.
In other news, I wanted to let everyone know that I won't have any burgundy okra seeds to trade with this year, because mine molded! :-( Crap......I blew it. However, I think there are maybe 6 seeds left in the pack, and i'll grow them this next year to get seed from them for the following years to come.
Hmmm....what else? Oh yeah! The broccoli plants had to spend the night inside my parents' house the other night when the temps were really cold, and are trying to go to seed because of the really warm environment they were exposed to. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they won't bolt. Eh - no biggie if they do, because the experiment is already a success, in my opinion.
Well, that's about all I know to tell you right now, but there will be lots of pictures taken during the upcoming weekend. WooHoo!
Oh! I almost forgot....Please check the box at the top of the sidebar. It's the only way I can determine how many readers visit the blog. Please only use it once. Thanks!
Take care, and happy gardening!
EG
8 comments:
Bummer about the okra seeds, good thing there always is next year. You should get a counter like I have, they can be set to either count every hit or just count each person once. I can send you the code and instructions if you would like, it is really easy to add to blogger.
http://www.statcounter.com/
It's free :-)
EG, add a thing from sitemeter on the blog. That way you can tell how many people are coming, where they're from and how they got to your site.
I so tried to save pea seeds this year, but the all molded over. Sigh. My first dill seed did too. But luckily I have so many volunteer dill in my garden that I still got cups of it. The weather was just too wet early in the year.
I think your little poll will give you how many readers are willing to check boxes, but not necessarily how many readers you have. I have two counters on mine (google and statcounter), but they come up with such different numbers that I really think they don't mean much.
Hi EG...I am new to following your blog and just wanted to say I really enjoy it...you have lots of interesting things here...I had the same problem with moldy seeds on several occasions (mostly because I end up getting too busy harvesting and such that I forget about them) This year my husband wanted to try drying the seeds then saving them in a vaccuum pack food sealer. I don't know how that will work....I guess we shall see.
Good luck with all of your experiments. I just reorganized my gardening/seed starting/food storage area downstairs, and I'm not sure I've got it optimized, but I figure it's all experiment in some sense.
Sorry about your okra seeds.
You are bursting with ideas and I am intereted in seeing your upgraded propagation set up.
Ya, your counter thingy won't be very accurate. For instance, I read most blogs in a blog reader, so I don't always actually click on your page. I use sitemeter.com, which tracks individual visits (but not MY visits to my blog) and page visits separately, and gives all kinds of interesting stats.
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