It's December. We are nearly 1 week in. The weather speaks winter, not fall, though the Winter Solstice won't be here for more than 2 weeks. It's dark in general, the days are short, the nights long. (And there is still minutes to lose before it starts getting longer light) We have seen the first… Continue reading December Garden Tasks
Tag: Urban Homesteading
In Ground Versus Hanging Strawberry Plants: A Season of Studying
You might ask...why write about growing strawberries on the last day of September? As fall settles in you have time to ponder, to dream, to plan for the coming early spring. You will find the time goes by faster than you think. So start thinking now! And did the prices of strawberries make you blanch… Continue reading In Ground Versus Hanging Strawberry Plants: A Season of Studying
Air Drying Herbs and Flowers
Drying herbs and flowers is easy to do, and takes little work to put away a years worth. And you don't need a dehydrator either. My method is very simple: Take a clean brown grocery bag outside and pick, tossing into the bag as you do. Then fold over the top to keep light and… Continue reading Air Drying Herbs and Flowers
Growing To Eat Versus Growing For Hobby
One of the things I do yearly is test my boundaries. The boundaries of growing plants. To see what can I push to the edge, and still work. But to explain it, not that many years ago we were urban homesteaders, living off the luxury of having our mini-farmstead right out the back door, with… Continue reading Growing To Eat Versus Growing For Hobby
5 Gallon Bucket Growing
With our cold and wet spring (and seriously...we had a wind storm last night into this morning that was winter like) I have been looking for options for peppers and some tomatoes to be able to grow protected, and to hopefully increase the crop production numbers. Bell peppers do grow here on Whidbey Island, Wa,… Continue reading 5 Gallon Bucket Growing