Happy Friday, everyone!!! I’ve continued to hope that the warm weather will stick around and have been slowly transplanting hardened off veggies into either the ground or their permanent pots. I have to continuously fight the urge to put everything in the ground right now, but we are very close! Anyhow, here’s a peek at some of what we’ve been…
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Strawberry Pot
I’ve read mixed reviews about strawberry pots, but we were given one last year that has since sat empty and figured it was time to give it a try. So, we purchased some Allstars to give them a shot since we already have a small Quinault patch in our front yard. We started by cutting a small piece of weed…
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Herb Garden
After all the hoping and planning and sowing, I finally have my herb garden!!! Yes, I am very excited 🙂 We decided that we realistically don’t have the space for a proper spiral herb garden now that we have all of raised beds in the backyard (although I would still like to have a spiral someday). So instead, we utilized…
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A couple of weeks ago this started happening to our beet leaves… The damage wasn’t everywhere, but it was definitely an issue. So, after help from fellow bloggers after this post and a little research, this is what I’ve learned about leaf miners: They are actually the larvae of several different species of insects…usually moths and flies They live in…
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Happy Monday everyone! Slowly but surely we’re pulling out our over-wintered veggies, sowing seeds and transplanting a few tomatoes here and there. It’s not really time yet, but all the forecasts say our temps will stay above freezing past our average last frost date, so while I’m taking a bit of a risk I really do think it will be…
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Going to Seed
As the days continue to get longer and (abnormally) warmer, our over-wintered veggies have been bolting quite quickly this spring. In the interest of saving as many seeds as possible, I’ve left a few plants in the beds to continue their cycle and have been enjoying the show they put on! I love all their itty bitty buds and flowers…
