Do you plant a fall garden? If you haven’t, it is not too late to get those seeds and plant starts in the ground. Here in Washington, the weather is totally mild enough to have a fall/winter garden with pretty minimal effort. With just a tad more effort, fall/winter gardening can be done pretty much Read More >>
Protecting Plants From Frost
I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but in my parts, it has been an Indian summer in every sense of the word. The weather has stayed unseasonably mild, which means my garden has lasted a lot longer than is typical. Because some of the plants have kind of been tricked into Read More >>
Harvesting Vegetables in the Snow
I woke up on the east coast this morning to a backyard {and garden} full of snow! It.Was.Awesome. Harvesting vegetables from under 8 inches of snow is totally new to me. And to be totally honest, I was’t sure any of the vegetables I planted last August would be any good. What was I thinking? Read More >>
Harvesting Beets, Turnips and Carrots from My East Coast Garden
I was lucky and was able to score a free flight to the east coast this weekend {with my credit card points} so I took it , and boy was I pleasantly surprised when I checked the progress of my east coast garden I planted in last August. Garlic! It’s up and about 6 inches Read More >>
Mavis Garden Blog – Pruning Rhododendrons, Planting Carrots and Planning My Winter Garden
I know the rhododendron is the state flower of Washington state, and tons of people love them, but I despise rhodies with a every fiber of my being. And unfortunately the house we bought has like 10 million rhododendrons on the property. I don’t know what the plant did to me in a previous life, but Read More >>