Look what I found in the garden today. These are so pretty I have to classify them as flowers AND vegetables. These are the Spring Blush Tendril Peas from Baker Creek. http://www.rareseeds.com Can’t wait to see if the pea is a different color, stay tuned for an update on that once they arrive.
Today we started the first bed in the front yard area. This marks the first in ground area we have started at this house. We have had the bed prepping with chicken manure from the neighbor since last year so now we have really rich dark soil that should be just what the squash are looking for. Fingers Crossed that this gives them the space they need as the raised beds were not big enough […]
This week we had the opportunity to get asparagus from the group that is driving to eastern Washington to get excess produce that would otherwise go to waste. We decided to pickle it to preserve it. We found an awesome recipe in WECK Small-Batch Preserving, see recipe below.
I found these irises in the side yard of the house after we had lived here a year. They never bloomed because they were in the shade under a cherry tree. I dug up a bunch of the rhizomes last year and transplanted them to the front garden and they appear to be a LOT happier here. They started to bloom this week and aside from being beautiful they also smell awesome! Not sure what […]
Today I had a helper in the garden so we took advantage of a break in the rain to get some root crops planted. We planted Parsnips, Carrots and Beets in one of the raised beds in the front garden. Also I realized that the back yard fence is another trellis just waiting for a purpose in life so I gave it some peas to see what would happen. Meanwhile, the rest of the starts […]
Updated Garden Layout including the recent additions of Asparagus(which will take 3-4 years to actually product any that we can eat), and Nasturtiums. If the weather holds out this week we will be added the following to the mix. Radishes Beets Parsnips Carrots
We are saving some of the spring rains for the garden. Since putting on the new metal roof it is easier to get cleaner water to save. So I ordered a recycled barrel from Azure Standard (www.azurestandard.com) for $20 and used a canning jar filler that I already had along with a $20 diverter I ordered from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005V3QVRM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1)for a cheap solution.
Today I set out the first round of onion starts that I grew from seed in the grow tent. Anxious to see how they do instead of buying starts. Also transplanted some strawberries that had decided to run into the herb bed into a container of their own. They only have to share with the cannas when they decide to come back around this year. With last frost still a couple of weeks away we […]
With about 4 weeks left before last frost date, I can actually start to plant some things outside. So we start with Peas. First ones are Spring Magnolia Tendril and Springs Blush Tendril, both from Baker Creek (www.rareseeds.com). This year I decided to try to be more formal with the garden layout instead of making notes on pieces of paper that usually get lost, wet, dirty, etc. I have found that Google Drawings lets me […]
It was time to give the plant starts more growing room so everyone got a new home yesterday to allow them to keep thriving until it is time to move outside in a few more weeks. Average last frost date in my area is not until April 16th so they have another month to wait.
