For New Year’s Eve, Homebrew Husband and I had dinner and hung out with good friends (sans children) at a local, casual, historic hotel. It’s a bit hard to describe this place. Local Pacific Northwest folks, it was one of the McMenamins properties called The Anderson School. The hotel is a converted High School with kitchy rooms…
Gardening
January Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
January means one thing when you are a gardener: a mailbox stuffed to bursting with seed catalogs. With a stack of seed catalogs and well-thumbed gardening books by our side, and ground that’s still too cold and wet to work, the name of the January game is mostly planning, not planting.
December Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
Well, it’s December, and let’s be honest: most of us are pretty busy with the indoor bustle of the holiday season and are happy the garden is in a self-tending way. So far, November and December have been relatively mild, and I’ve still got tender herbs like lemon verbena growing well in sheltered locations. Harvesting…
November Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
Update for November, 2017: This is the first fall I can remember where I have actively gardened but haven’t employed any season-extension techniques. I am, typically, a huge fan of year-round gardening, cloches, and all manner of garden hacks that let me extend my fresh-veg season beyond the normal growing season. This year has been…
October Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
Update for October, 2017: Early fall is my favorite time of the year in the Pacific Northwest. Cool, foggy mornings that magically transform into sunny days – and never get hotter than 70 degrees? That’s my kind of heaven. 2017’s first day of October feels pretty typical to me…everything about what I’m seeing outside aligns pretty well with how my gut “thinks” it…
September Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
Everything the Pacific Northwest edible gardener needs to know and do in September. Includes free, downloadable Garden To Do checklist.
August Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
Everything the Pacific Northwest edible gardener needs to know and do in August. Includes free, downloadable Garden To Do checklist.
July Gardening Chores For The Pacific Northwest
Everything the Pacific Northwest edible gardener needs to know and do in July. Includes free, downloadable Garden To Do checklist.
Why You Need To Start Your Fall Vegetables ASAP
It’s time to get your slow growing fall and winter crops started. Don’t delay – plant today. Here’s why.
How To Identify and Control Four Common Garden Pests of the Pacific Northwest
Here’s how to accurately identify and successfully control four of the most common garden pests in the Pacific Northwest garden: slugs, cabbage moth caterpillar, leaf miner, and pea leaf weevil.
Urban Composting Complaints & How to Avoid Them
There’s so many great reasons to compost! But nosy, disapproving neighbors and code violations can make your life a living hell. Avoid urban composting complaint frustrations – without giving up your composting!
Build A Super Simple Tool Rack From A Pallet
Step-by-step photos show how I turned a pair of pallets into an easy storage solution for garden tools. This is a fun and simple garden DIY!