Have you started thinking about your fall vegetable garden yet? Well you better hop to it. Over the weekend I started a second round of fall seedlings for my raised garden beds. The tray you see above is one I started a few weeks ago when I planted lettuces, bok choy, broccoli and a few other vegetables. Read More >>
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Mavis Garden Blog – 5 Tips for Ripening Tomatoes on the Vine
A big thank you to Sarah B who alerted me to a recent newspaper article by Cisco Morris on my heirloom tomato picture post yesterday. I don’t know what your tomato crop looks like these days, but my tomatoes are mostly green. Since I am trying to grow 2,000 pounds of food in my backyard Read More >>
How To Grow Your Own Food – Mavis’ Vegetable Garden Tour
There is so much going on in the garden lately, I don’t even know where to begin. For the past week or so the weather in the Pacific Northwest has been in the mid 70’s, which is of course the perfect weather for growing vegetables. With exception to the 120 heirloom tomato plants I’m trying Read More >>
Bartering With Mavis – How to Trade Garden Vegetables For Non Perishables
Yesterday I received a call from my neighbor Girly Girl. Her daughter Lulu had just harvested 2 lbs 8 oz of red potatoes. Potatoes I had helped her daughter plant earlier this spring. Girly Girl wanted to check to see if I needed to know the poundage for my 2000 pounds or bust tally. I Read More >>
Mavis Garden Blog – What Should I Cook For Dinner?
I think you guys are going to be a little surprised this Wednesday when I announce how many vegetables I was able to harvest this past week. I don’t know if it’s because we had such a long {and wet} spring, but all the cold weather crops are growing like nuts this year. I can barely Read More >>
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