Tag Archives: garden

Yesterday it got almost up to 70F and our two cherry trees (Van and Rainier) finally opened their blossoms up. I wasn’t around at all to watch for pollinators. The weather’s changed back to rainy spring weather now so little … Continue reading →

Today’s brought yet another inch of rain. But it’s also brought an inch of our first asparagus poking up through the soggy, cold soil!

We are having our first salad from the greens that I started early in the cold frame!

We had our high temperature of the year today: first time over 60F in 2011. It hit 64.7F here at the house to be precise. The fruit vines and trees are loving it. The pear tree will blossom any day … Continue reading →

This weekend I’ve transplanted onion sets into the cold frame, planted my seed potatoes and put in a row of peas. The potatoes are probably a week or two early and the peas a couple weeks late. It’s been a … Continue reading →

The news is talking about the cherry blossoms elsewhere, but my little plot seems to be a tad behind. It’s just not been warm enough quite yet for much to be blossoming here. Today I snapped this close up of … Continue reading →

I’ve been pouring through Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades and thinking about how to extend my garden’s growing season. The book has a lot of useful ideas to turn a good NW weather year into a bumper crop and … Continue reading →