2018-04-15 00:04
The past month hasn’t seen much activity in the garden. April, true to its history has been wet, wet, wet. A surprise hail storm lasted long enough to see a rather large pi… Read More
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2018-03-19 03:43
Spring seems to take forever in the Pacific Northwest. Just when I think it is time to plant or give the overwintered this or that some much needed outdoor exposure, the temps drop.&nb&hell…Read More
2018-01-04 04:11
Nothing says being conservative with your newly limited gardening space like double planting garlic. Last year I ordered fresh bulbs from Territorial Seed for this year’s plantin… Read More
2017-12-09 02:10
So last year I started out with great enthusiasm and my two Rock Farm plots. Wanting to try to eek out a little more light, I asked to trade one of my spots for a sunnier spot if one w… Read More
2016-08-27 03:19
Tomatoes are iffy here. To do well you have to find a sunny spot, a warm micro climate works best. My garden spot just is at the edge of the garden and as such doesn’t serv… Read More
2016-07-20 02:31
One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about this part of the country are the cool Summers. The past week has been clear to partly cloudy in the mid 70s. While I’ll neve… Read More
2016-06-25 21:52
Bean Trellis
This has been an odd year for beans, at least in my garden. The first planting of pole beans evaporated into the ether. Planting number 2 just sat there during our… Read More
2016-06-19 21:38
It has been a cool and wet couple of weeks. Not OMG will the rain ever stop kind of wet but wet enough that I rarely have to water and cool enough that the beans are sitting there staring ba… Read More
2016-06-12 01:35
The Olla
GrowOya’s 3L OllaIn my internet wanderings I came across a post somewhere about ollas. An olla is a low fired unglazed clay pot with a narrow opening that is ‘planted&rs&hell…Read More
2016-06-05 21:51
Like most folks, I had always thought of weeds as the bad guys. Can’t have a garden without having to spend some sweat equity on your knees, ridding the garden of unwanted occupants. A… Read More
2016-05-31 03:14
Using Fiberglass Roofing Panels to Create a Mini Greenhouse, Extend the Season or Warm the Soil
A few weeks back we had a spell of warmer weather and I waited till the end of it to attempt a… Read More
2016-05-30 00:03
For the past couple of years I’ve kept my tomato growing to the balcony. The 50sq foot space gets almost all day sun in which tomatoes thrive. In addition to the one large salad toma… Read More
2016-05-30 00:03
For the past couple of years I’ve kept my tomato growing to the balcony. The 50sq foot space gets almost all day sun in which tomatoes thrive. In addition to the one large salad toma… Read More
2016-05-28 22:59
One of the great things about gardening is that most of us are always open to trying something new. How else can you see what works and what doesn’t if […]
The post Growin… Read More
2016-05-25 03:33
Last night when I stopped by the garden I decided to sample all of the different varieties and take some notes. Our temps in the 50s and 60s have been […] Read More
2016-05-21 22:49
My garden is exactly 10’x20′ in size, 2 plots in the local community garden. Each bed in the garden is about 10’x50′-60′ (Can’t remember which… Read More
2016-05-14 23:44
Mother Nature must not have heard but I only get two days off every week. Those two days are really the only days I can do anything in the garden. Since Sunday morning is f… Read More
2016-05-09 00:07
Record Keeping
I started this blog to help me keep track of what I planted when, what worked and what didn’t. I’m not one for keeping notes on paper and at the time I start… Read More
2016-05-09 00:07
I started this blog to help me keep track of what I planted when, what worked and what didn’t. I’m not one for keeping notes on paper and at the time I started this I could… Read More
2016-05-07 23:20
I really can’t be trusted when it comes to garden centers. I’m like an addict. Each visit I swear I don’t need any more plants or seeds and just about every week I find mys… Read More
2016-04-18 03:28
I’m typically much better in the planning department garden wise. I have a map and a schedule and while I don’t always follow it 100% I am pretty good about getting just about ev… Read More
2016-04-11 03:20
Last year was so hot, watering was pretty much a daily event in the raised beds and Rockfarm. This year many of us are adding some peat moss in hopes of a bit more water retention on those h… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I was browsing the Net looking for a birdbath project and ran into this one. Basically you take a really large leaf (think elephant ears or something simliar), some sand and acrylic concrete… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The project I started just about 2 years ago has been finished. The outer, protective layer went on this weekend. It consisted of a 1:2 clay:sand mix and was probably the easiest part of the… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This past weekend the insulation layer went on. It involved 2 trips to the cemetery for buckets of clay and a trip to WallyWorld for a bale of hamster bedding. The hardest part was turning t… Read More
2016-03-06 00:48
In the name of getting the starts I really want when I want them I purchased a small 2′ grow light. Living in a condo I don’t have NEARLY the room I had in my last place. There I… Read More
2016-01-22 22:28
January has been a dark, cold and wet month. Today was my first trip of the year. No real work today, still recovering from surgery in late Dec., this was an ‘OMG I have to get out of… Read More
2015-10-12 00:15
My day started up with a meeting at Bay Hay & Feed after church to collect a head of Inchelium I had acquired through a FB garden group. It was a fairly small head but I think this varie… Read More
2015-10-03 11:45
Today saw the bulk of the cleanup for this year. The zucchini and cucumbers came out as did one of the two half rows of carrots and the hybrid kale+whoknowswhat I planted this Spring. That w… Read More
2015-10-01 03:13
September came and went without much going on garden wise. The temps cooled and the rains made a regular showing. Fred kept creeping along to the point of needing his own zip code. Helda kep… Read More
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