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President’s Day garden cleanup! Okay, so I have to confess. I cheated a bit. I hired people to help clear the beds – and it was well worth it! If you find yourself needing some help – hire Jimmy Eager at Achlys Gardens – http://www.achlysgardens.com/ Check out his site – he’s a genius. Tags:No Tags
Posted by Les on February 16th, 2009 under Garden Maintenance, Recommended, Starting Plants | Comment now »Time to plant Garlic!
The hardest part about planting garlic is picking a place to put in next years garlic, oh and also finding a day that its not pouring down rain and not too cold that you can stand to be outside planting. Garlic is a bulb and is planted in the fall. These will start to grow [...]
Posted by Valria on November 13th, 2007 under Garden Planning, Harvest & Succession Planting, Starting Plants, Year-Round Gardening | Comment now »Its time to plant
So much of the spring is used for planning and getting ready. The daydream of my summer garden starts about an hour after the superbowl. That is about when I ordered all of these seeds for this years garden, clearly assuming I have a much bigger garden then I have. Then as the weather allows [...]
Posted by Valria on May 2nd, 2007 under Garden Planning, Harvest & Succession Planting, Starting Plants | Comment now »Month of May: What to plant in the Pacific Northwest
Entire Month: Sow cauliflower, cabbage, beets, radishes, chard, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, winter leek nursery bed, scallion, potatoes, lettuce After the 15th: Sow snap beans, squash (summer and winter), basil, dill, dry beans, sweet corn. Transplant tomato, celery, and celeriac seedlings Cloche/Cold frame in Late May: Pepper and eggplant transplants, melons, cucumbers Tags:cloche colf frame planting [...]
Posted by Boe on April 29th, 2007 under Garden Planning, Starting Plants | Comment now »Seed starting – preparing
Starting your own seedlings is not for everyone, but for me it is the most enjoyable part of gardening. I absolutely love watching the little guys sprout from the earth and then grow into full size plants. Starting your own plants from seed can save you a bundle too, since nursery prices can be quite [...]
Posted by Boe on April 2nd, 2007 under Starting Plants | Comment now »Container Gardening
I have done a lot of container gardening in my life. Having been a renter for a long time the ability to take the garden with me or disassemble it as needed induced the love of the container. There are advantages and disadvantages to container gardening and one of the main disadvantages is the ability [...]
Posted by Valria on March 30th, 2007 under Garden Planning, Starting Plants | Comment now »Proof of Life
In springtime, when the planting season rolls around, I’m always reminded of how patience truly is a virtue. I grew up in Kansas, where the summers where abysmally hot and humid, frequently topping out above the 100 degree mark, and the winters were snowy and Arctic cold – single digit temperatures weren’t uncommon. But since [...]
Posted by Les on March 26th, 2007 under Garden Planning, Starting Plants, Year-Round Gardening | Comment now »The peas are in!!!
The peas are in!!! Did you hear me? The peas are in. Yes I realize that it is March 20th, the first day of spring and I technically shoot for getting peas in on Presidents day. I mean that’s the rule of thumb here in zone 8, right. Well I didn’t get them in on [...]
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