Growing edible plants.
Keep the fresh vegetables on the table this October with a late summer planting of cool season crops. Now is the time to get the last of those seeds in the ground and extend your food production over the next few months. With our warm temperatures this month, seeds will germinate quickly. The optimum temperature for seeds to sprout is usually between 65 and 75 … Continue reading Grow a Fall Veggie Garden
When I planted my diminutive tomato friends, they fit so well in their own little corner of the garden. Now they have reached unimaginable proportions. Going up and over into the tidy beds of lettuce and invading the corner carrot patch. But, since they are the heart of the garden, they can run where they want and have their way with the gardener (me). Who can … Continue reading Tomatoes!
It begins in early spring when a wide variety of Blueberry plants arrive at the local nurseries. They are small, mostly one gallon, and appear reluctant. Holding on to that dormant state with only the fat buds as a promise of the harvest ahead. It ends in mid-summer with those once shy shrubs now producing handfuls of sweet blue berries. The branches are heavy with … Continue reading Blueberries….What’s the Difference?
Duke, Toro, Reka, Sunshine Blue, Chippewa, Bluecrop, Chandler and Legacy. If you recognize these names you might be salivating at the thought of all the delicious varieties of blueberry plants that grow here in the Northwest. Now is a good time to shop for plants because with ripening berries you can sample the fruit from different varieties to discover your favorite. These taste tests can … Continue reading Growing Blueberries
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