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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 >>
When I first began gardening, I never realized you could garden all year long. I loved growing lettuce for fresh-from-the-garden salads, but I thought all that had to end when the ground froze over. Not the case at all, and I’m talking all about how it’s possible to grow lettuce and salad greens all year Read More >>
This morning when Lucy the Puggle Dog and I went outside to fed the chickens, we discovered the whole backyard was covered in frost. Lucy loved licking the frost off the garden boxes and barking at the grass. 😉 What a nut! It was so chilly outside I decided to make the chickens some warm Read More >>
I haven’t been spending too much time in the garden lately and the reason is simple. It’s too cold to plant anything new. 😉 Well, that’s not entirely true really. I mean after all I am growing lettuce, spinach and peas in the greenhouse, but for the most part, I am in maintenance mode. The Read More >>
Yesterday after school, Monkey Boy helped me put together a small polytunnel {or mini greenhouse} to cover one of our raised garden beds. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, it’s going to be a cold winter up here in the Pacific Northwest and since I’m attempting to grow a winter garden this year, I figured I Read More >>
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