Installing Drip Irrigation
Just as the last bed gets dry enough to cultivate I have to start to worry about watering. It’s the …
Category Archives: Gardening
Decisions
The glorious spring weather propels the season forward and we struggle to keep up with nature’s beck and call. This last week the bees …
Spring Salad
Although much of the country is getting a premature heat wave, up here in the Pacific Northwest we are getting …
Wood Stove Biochar
I’m still looking for an easy clean way to make large quantities of biochar for my garden. Ideally I’d like …
The Overwintered Garden
New growth is the name of the game in March. Until now, winter gardeners were mostly harvesting the stored fortunes …
Winter Greens
With a couple of beautiful days this weekend, we are back to unseasonably dry winter weather. The temperatures squeaked up …
Pulling Parsnips
After a week of heavy rain, the garden was about as soggy as it gets–just right for extracting tenacious parsnip …
The Biggest Gift
It’s the giving season, so I was reflecting back on all I gave and received this year. In America, the …
December Salads
As November closed in on the garden this year, I provided a little protection for a couple of my salad …
November Gardening
The summer gardening season is really over now. The big Douglas fir trees in my yard that I complain about …
