If you see gardening as a 3 to 4 month time period, you are missing out on the fun months. The months where it is cooler, not baking in sun. Where we live in the PNW, we can actively garden from often March to November, and if we put in extra time, we can extend… Continue reading Fall Gardening: Sow Right Seeds Fall Sale
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Building A Strawberry Cage
I'd not have built a strawberry cage when we lived in town. I can only imagine what our neighbors (and the HOA) would have had to say. But there comes a time when in rural life you must come to terms with caging your treasures. And you just use what you have on hand, and… Continue reading Building A Strawberry Cage
Mid Summer Gales and Wilting
All it takes is one gale storm warning in the middle of summer to have dread well up in any gardener in the Pacific Northwest. Last week we got one of those, a week ago on Monday. The storm came in as predicted, with howling winds, off of the Salish Sea. The morning half of… Continue reading Mid Summer Gales and Wilting
The Accidental Garden
I can be a lazy gardener and I have no shame in it. There's just a lot of things that maybe I should get to, but the real chores keep me busy. So I just never get back to it. And the number one area is my "compost pile". It sits on the far edge… Continue reading The Accidental Garden
Prepping Your Fall Garden In July
Talking about Fall on June 10th seems almost mean. But if you don't get to it now, you won't be prepared for an extended growing season. Start planning, as the go time for a fall season is the end of July for those in grow zones 7-8 to have seeds sowed and plants going in… Continue reading Prepping Your Fall Garden In July