The spring greens are going great guns! In the past two days we have shared greens with eight people and there are still plenty left to go around. The basket above was just a portion of what I brought home this evening. I also harvested some swiss chard and pac choi to liven up a [...]
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Great Greens and a Garden Update
Posted in Building A Garden, Gratuitous Garden Photos, Pumpkins, Spring Gardening, tagged Construction, lettuce, Raised Beds, salad vegetables, Spring on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An Earthbox for Patiomatoes
Posted in Building A Garden, Planting Tips, Spring Gardening, Tomatoes, Watering, tagged Planting Tips, Tomatoes, Watering on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re growing tomatoes on the patio at our office this year. I picked the plants up at the Master Gardener’s sale last weekend and they have been hanging out in my raised bed since then. We have a Mexico Midget, a Super Sweet 100, a Yellow Pear, a Red Brandywine and a Juliet.
The office is [...]
Raised beds for cucumbers and squash
Posted in Building A Garden, Dogs, Spring Gardening, tagged Construction, Dogs, Raised Beds, Soil on April 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Eight raised beds, providing a total of 256 square feet of growing room, make up the heart of my garden. These are filled with lettuces, spinach, chard, kale, onions, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, and more. In addition, I have room for a pumpkin patch and some little beds for squash and cucumbers. I worked on [...]
Raised beds complete, tomatoes and peppers planted
Posted in Building A Garden, Gratuitous Garden Photos, Perfect Soil, Planting Tips, Spring Gardening, tagged Peppers, Photos, Planting Tips, Raised Beds, Soil, Spring, Tomatoes on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was one of those picture-perfect western Oregon spring days. Not too hot, not too cold, just right for spring gardening. I spent the entire day in the garden, and it was wonderful.
The garden at the beginning of the day
Here’s what it looked like when I arrived: One bed still needed soil. The [...]
The Neurotic Garden as an Economic Stimulus Package
Posted in Building A Garden, tagged Construction on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My garden construction effort should be considered part of the Obama Stimulus Package. I’ve spent more money at Chinook Barkdust, Dahlgren’s Building Supply and Columbia Electric Feed and Seed in the past 2 months than I have in the previous 10 years! Add to that the new fence that was built by KL&C Fencing, and [...]
Eight beds built… three planted
Posted in Building A Garden, tagged Construction, Raised Beds on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rick built the rest of the raised beds over the weekend. All eight boxes are now laid out in the garden.
At first I was going to put a four-foot aisle down the middle, but after several wheelbarrow trips to fill one of the boxes with Super Soil, we went with a six foot aisle. This [...]
