For those of you following our blog you know that we just moved into a new house. We are super happy with the new house but the one thing it is missing is a garden. This is the spot where the garden will go but we have been so busy with the house remodel that [...]
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Picking the perfect Melon
August 25th, 2012 
Rick August is our favorite month in the garden. Why? Because here in Utah that means it’s time for the melons to be ready!! Since we started growing our own melons several years ago we have decided there is nothing better than home grown vine ripened melons. We wait all year for this 4 week [...]
Seed Saving – Vates Kale and our First Give Away!!
August 5th, 2012 Rick I’m one of those type of people that really likes to do things for myself. Seed saving has always been something that I wanted to try, but it seemed a little complicated and I wasn’t sure where to begin. Luckily one of my new gardening buddy’s that I met through the Master Gardener program [...]
Year Round Gardening Series Part 2
July 24th, 2012 Rick Part two of our winter gardening series will focus on bed preparation and location. I have three 4 x 8 foot beds that are covered in the winter by cold frames and 2 more raised boxes, also 4 x 8, that we cover with hoop houses. These beds are used very intensely through out the [...]
Arbor Day 2012
April 27th, 2012 Rick “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” –Greek proverb We have a lot of trees around Stoney Acres. A quick count tells me we have over 20 deciduous and evergreen trees. Most of our trees are meant for shade. We have a big variety of types [...]
