Garden Methods
Breakfast Anyone?
Monday was a “spare” day for Dirt. He had been able to finish his lawn care duty on Sunday along with a few other things so that left him with the morning to bottle up his wine that sits along the wall in my kitchen in carboys. Carboys are big, my house is small. I … Continue reading
Malus Fusca
Evil (malus) and dark (fusca) seems to be a rather glum moniker for this lovely Pacific Northwest native. Commonly known as Pacific Crabapple. Even crabapple seems a poor autograph for such an ambrosial and faithful vernal season intermediary. Always to be counted on to burst into bloom and perfume the air once spring is well … Continue reading
Help, Help the Weeds Have My Hand! They’re Pulling Me Down Into….
I know, long title. Is there a rule on title length? Somehow I just know Bethel is shaking her head again, as if my poor spelling isn’t bad enough. My title might not be short but I have grown a little short on time. So I’ll leave you with a few of my pictures and … Continue reading
In the House For A Break
After I dug through my ill devised corm and tuber storage to find a dismal return for my silly trouble, I decided to do a job that has been haunting me for quite a while. Trust me, jobs don’t haunt me until it is way past time to do them so when I say it … Continue reading
I Love To Pretend
Jennifer at Goats_In_the_Garden noticed the shelves in my Laundry/Hot House in a couple of posts back and commented on how neat they are. I had to giggle just ever so slightly over how looks can be deceptive, okay quite frankly I guffawed and snorted very loudly. I like to pretend I’m organized and very with … Continue reading
Those Are Great Tips!
I want to thank Arija, for her tips on dealing with the pumpkin patch, it sounds a lot like how I build my garden beds. I would love to have been able to construct the pumpkin patch like that, unfortunately it would cost $1,700.00 in alfalfa (lucerne) alone. The patch probably doesn’t look all that … Continue reading
Lesson Two-ish
So I had a lot to say about raised beds or deep beds or whatever you wish to call them in my post, A Well Raised Bed, A Changed Gardener. I said that raised beds are really the beginning of season extension. (But remember, I am no expert on anything.) To review: Raised beds allow … Continue reading
A Well Raised Bed, A Changed Gardener
The Pacific North West is a great place to grow a nice vegetable garden, it it is the only place I have ever gardened and I have been gardening for forty years. There are some tricks I have learned along the way to make the PNW garden more successful. The big hurdle is our seemingly … Continue reading
More Finds
Clearing up old drafts (April ’10) and here’s another from ’08 that I thought would be fun to keep. Dirt is shearing a gal’s sheep, we had made it a family outing. The other pics are of my onion seedling crop from last year, they should have go in the ground some time around this … Continue reading
