Tag Archives: garden

Last year I started seed in the house the first week of February, built the cold frame and transitioned starts out to that over the spring. It works so well, I’m trying it again. I got my first set of … Continue reading →

We’ve bought a number of types of critters from March Biological at the Beaverton Farmers Market including lady bugs, fly parasites (near total reduction in flues at the chicken coop) and praying mantis and lacewing (near total reduction in aphids). … Continue reading →

The fruit trees and berries on the north and east sides of the house should now get their summer irrigation from mother nature thanks to Portland Purple Water.

Today I dug and braided 21 shallots. We’ve been eating our own sweet onions since early summer and still have four left. The hope is these shallots get us part of the way into winter. Next year I’ll plant more. … Continue reading →

Our tater harvest is in and it is a bounty! 45lbs today, plus another 10 or so over the past weeks. And that from maybe 45sqft of dirt that was never watered…one amazing plant. That’s something like 25,000 calories we … Continue reading →

Cool weather plants are doing well in our garden this year. We got just shy of 3lbs of peas from an 8foot row. No idea if that is “good”, but it is a better yield than we’ve ever gotten before.

Literally cherry. Not cherries. Two years ago we planted two cherry trees. I could have sworn it was one year ago! The reward though is starting to come in now. We had one singular cherry set and mature this year … Continue reading →

It’s lemon meringue pie time…