Square Foot Garden Update

Here we are two weeks in, and we're already seeing some progress. My tomatoes didn't fare too well from seed, so I had to hit the store and buy some seedling plants. I think the spring we've had has been a little too short on light. I also elected to start my onions from sets rather than from seeds...

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Summer Project #2 -- Real Men Build Fairy Gardens

I have a three-year-old who's into Tinker Bell. Like, in a BIG way. Well, truthfully not as much as she was a year ago. But that doesn't mean she's not into fairies. Her favourite blanket (right now) is a quilt featuring fabric prints of the The Flower Fairies of Cecily Mary Barker. And her...

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Summer Project #1 -- The Square-Foot Garden

If you're not familiar with square-foot gardening, there's a ton of resources on the web. Of course, there's also the original book by Mel Bartholomew (now a classic of gardening literature). But the crux of the system is pretty straightforward: In a space that's four feet by four feet (16...

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Welcome to The Man Sphere

Hi. Welcome to The Man Sphere. I've taken numerous stabs at blogging in the past, and still do a bit here and there when I feel the urge. This week it seems I feel the urge. What I really had in mind in putting up a new blog was a resource. A hangout. A man cave (yeah, that name was taken). Someplace to post ideas on manning up and gutting through the crap that life throws at us. Someplace to gripe...

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