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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Well, after a super warm winter and their relocation to the back yard, we finally got into our bees yesterday. While they have adapted nicely to their new spot and have looked healthy from afar, it was honestly way passed time for us to get into the actual hive. So,…
Happy Friday, everyone! Plant something: The weather has been absolutely amazing and while I’d like to believe that we’re well into the warm months, I have to remind myself that it really is still possible for us to get a frost or even a snow storm. Given this, I’m still…