Growing garlic is very easy and is a great thing to plant if you have big summer plans that are going to keep you out of the garden. There are softneck and hardneck varieties of garlic; the softneck grow best in a colder climate and are easy to braid. I usually do some of both. […]
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Time to Plant Garlic
Posted in Growing, tagged garlic, planting garlic, winter crop on October 17, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Putting Your Garden to Bed
Posted in Growing, tagged cover cropping, overwintering your garden, putting garden to bed on September 29, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
With shorter days, cool winds and rainy weather it’s time to put part of my garden to bed for the winter. I am sad to let summer with its glorious brilliance go but the soil needs to rest and rebuild. I have a few plots planted with winter herbs and vegetables and will soon plant […]
Dahlias!
Posted in Growing on July 25, 2018 | 1 Comment »
These showy flowers are very easy to grow from tubers planted in the spring and they brighten up the mid-summer garden with amazing blooms. Thanks to The Garden Hotline for this great info: “Dahlias ARE edible! The petals from the flowers are delicious in salads. They taste like a sweet lettuce. They do not keep […]
Crazy Carrots
Posted in Growing, Uncategorized, tagged carrots, garden fails on July 24, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
By Garrettt Okrasinski Carrots are simply fun to grow. As the green stalks get bigger it fill my garden and my anticipation of chomping into a fresh carrot builds! Then I pull them and they are nothing like I imagined. This year my carrots are odd twisted and leggy looking. Oh well! The twists and […]
Uses for Love in the Mist
Posted in Growing on July 16, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Along with having a beautiful name Love in the Mist or Nigella damascena has many other uses. This native to southern Europe self seeds prolifically so be ready to weed or put it in a place where it can run wild. With its deep jewel tones it’s easy to see how this flower has been popular […]
Time to Mulch
Posted in Growing on July 13, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Doesn’t the word “mulch” have a great sound to it? It means to apply a layer of material to your soil to conserve water, prevent weeds and to increase the richness of your soil. Right now is a great time to do all of these things as the weather will be hot and dry for the next […]
The herb fennel is so plentiful and grows so well in the Pacific Northwest that some people think of it as a weed and do their best to eradicate it. Horrors! This plant is useful from its seeds to its roots and should be cherished! According to Wikipedia this herb was well known to the […]
Spring in the Garden
Posted in Growing on April 6, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Seed Starting
Posted in Growing, tagged seed starting on February 26, 2018 | 2 Comments »
Here’s some more information on starting seeds. Right now is a great time to get seeds going for warm season crops like tomatoes and for cool season crops that need a little boost like collards. While cool season crops can be direct sowed soon I find that doing starts let’s me get a bit of a […]
Gearing Up to Grow Starts
Posted in Growing on February 18, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
To really make use of our short growing season using starts is a great way to go. It’s easy to grow your own from seed. This weekend I am going to get out my supplies and plant some Dino kale and collards to put under cloches mid-March. Once those go in I will start squash and tomato […]
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