THOSE DARN PESTS BIG AND SMALL
The summer season 2023 finally warmed up to 80 degrees at the end of June around the solstice after quite a bit of rain that spring, 8“ in May...
A NEW SEASON OF GROWING (TAKE II)
I know, I know…. It’s been a LONG time since my last blog – May 2023 to be exact. I started with one post and just didn’t continue, not...
A NEW SEASON OF GROWING!
It’s the start of a new growing season and I am getting after it!! Bill and I decided it is not quite time to ‘redo’ the garden...
TIME TO EAT WHAT I HAVE GROWN!
It’s a sad day when it’s time to say good bye to the garden for 6 months:( I started the final stages of deconstructing the garden in October when...
HARVEST MANAGEMENT PART II
SALSA INGREDIENTS! The season is starting to wrap up with cooler temperatures and shorter days. No sign of frost yet this early October; so things are still growing but...
HARVEST MANAGEMENT PART I
I have been very busy!! Harvest time of year is great but a LOT OF WORK to manage all the fruits of my labor. I am very diligent about...
“Pomme D’Amour” (Love Apple)
Tomatoes are one of my favorite garden vegetable/fruit (fruit has a ripened flower ovary). There are SO many ways to eat and prepare tomatoes: BLT’s, cut up with oil...
“STINKING ROSE” & ONIONS
Garlic is sometimes called the “stinking rose” due to its strong odor from one of its components called ‘allicin’. It is native to South and Central Asia and has...
FENCING AND ANIMALS
All kinds of animals visit us on our 1.4 acre property including bears, mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, deer, fox, rattlesnakes, rabbits, skunks and birds and mice! When we built...
PLANTING – WATERING – WEEDING
The season has finally taken off with real summer weather! I have already been harvesting asparagus, spinach, green onions (planted last fall), arugula and lettuce. The snap peas &...