Month: February 2013
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They are alive!!
It has been about 3 weeks since we sowed the first seeds in our raised beds that we covered with the cold frames. As we mentioned in a previous post, this round of sowing was an experiment since it was way too early to sow anything without the frames. We were hoping for the best…
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SEEDS!!!!!!
All this gardening preparation has been done in order to host our garden “super stars”….the SEEDS!! We are starting almost everything from seed this year which is a big challenge for us, and thus the hard work preparing everything to the best of our abilities. Toda esta preparación que hemos hecho ha sido para acomodar…
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Miami on a rainy day
Friday was our day to relax and see Miami before the wedding activities began on Saturday. In the morning we got together with our friends (and the bride and groom) Katie and Eddie to check out their home and to finish up some details regarding wedding photography. We checked out some of the sites we…
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Sabores Chilenos
One of the first things that came to our mind when we knew we were coming to Miami was…Chilean food!!! and after the very first meal, Miami delivered! We don’t have a Chilean restaurant in Nashville (not that we know of, if we do please share the information!), so when we have a chance to…
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DIY Cold frames
The weather in Tennessee has been a little weird. We have had several very warm days during the winter, and then a drop to freezing temperatures for a couple of days. The plants are confused. Bulbs are popping out happily thinking spring is here, but then a couple of below freezing nights hurt their leaves.…
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Hickory Slims at the Family Wash
Well, Hickory Slims has officially lost its second first show virginity! This was our first show as Hickory Slims but, as I’ve said previously about this group, we used to play together under the name Angus Whyte and the Irish Rednecks. We actually played at the Family Wash a couple times as AW&IR – below…
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Soil is the key to happy plants!
The new beds are up and ready and the old beds are “refreshed” and ready too! Setting up everything required some work but we believe it will pay off in the long run with TONS of veggies. The 2 old beds had left over dirt from last year and the new ones were completely empty…
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Fencing the garden
I don’t know about you but somewhere along the way we failed to teach our dogs to garden. I am sure they would be great at digging holes for planting, but I doubt they would dig exactly where I need them to. So in order to avoid any problems with the raised beds in the…
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Chori’s first snow day
This past weekend it “snowed”! The 1/4 inch we got here in our neighborhood was pretty exciting because we didn’t see so much as a flake last year. It was also particularly exciting in this household because it was Choripan’s first encounter with snow, which obligated a photo or two. I took my camera out early in…
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Prepping the new garden beds
Our vegetable garden is expanding this year. Last year I built 3 beds but only wound up using 2. This year we are using all 3 from last year and adding 1 ½ more. The big beds are 4 x 8 feet and the half is 4 x 4, and all of them are about…
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