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 >>
Mavis’ Winter Garden Blog – Pulling Weeds, Chopping Rhodies and Planting More Trees
With phase one of the remodel behind us and all the big projects out of the way for 2014, I finally feel like I can start working on my garden now. It’s funny, for someone who loves gardening as much as I do, I really haven’t stepped foot outside too much in the last 90 days. Read More >>
Mavis Garden Blog – Planting Cabbage and Lettuce for My Winter Garden
Yesterday I was able to sneak outside for a bit and get a jump start on my winter garden. I planted 3 purple cabbage and 2 packets of lettuce seeds in the stock tank turned planter alongside the house. I ordered some Carnival Carrots and Detroit Dark Red Beet seeds from Botanical Interests over the weekend, and as soon as Read More >>
Mavis Garden Blog – Pictures from My Winter Garden
Yesterday, was a good day. I spent a good 3 hours in the garden ripping out old garden boxes, moving dirt and pulling weeds. It’s amazing how quickly a garden can go downhill if you are not on top of things. Sure it may only be 45 degrees outside, but at least it’s not raining. Read More >>