Category Archives: Gardening

On Frontyard Gardening

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Steve Krause

It’s been months since I’ve posted anything here that relates to “life,” so in the spirit of taking a day off from school (mostly), I thought I’d write a bit about the story of our front yard garden. Annette and … Continue reading →

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Late spring gardening and out-of-doors around the house

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Steve Krause

The end of the spring term is tantalizingly close, just a few days away.  So very very close, almost done, almost done.  I should be grading right now, but I’m almost done, almost….  I’m not quite sure what it is … Continue reading →

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On Pickling and Pizza-ing

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Steve Krause

School starts again next week (after Labor Day), and I’ve mostly been figuring out the classes I’ll be teaching this coming term, along with a few other miscellaneous new term things.  But I thought I’d pause for a moment to … Continue reading →

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The “Huge Square Foot Garden”

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Steve Krause

Loyal stevendkrause.com readers and/or square-foot garden enthusiasts will recall that last year, we experimented around here with a slightly modified version of the classic design last year, putting in what turned out to be a quite successful raised box on … Continue reading →

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The square-foot gardening continues

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Steve Krause

It’s been a pretty busy spring and summer this year, but we’ve still had time to have a fine and successful square-foot garden experiment on the side of the house. Back in mid-April, it was pretty much just a plot … Continue reading →

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The square foot garden continues

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Steve Krause

Last week, Annette and I took some time on a Tuesday to go to Blocks Stand and Nursery to buy a wide variety of plants for cheap, including everything now in the square foot veggie garden seen here– except the … Continue reading →

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Tulips

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Steve Krause

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Introducing the Krause-Wannamaker square foot garden

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Steve Krause

We’re trying a new gardening experiment this year: a long version of a Squarefoot Garden to suit the space we have. We don’t have a lot of sun, and this narrow space between our house and our neighbors (out of … Continue reading →

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