Notes from the garden
It turns out that planning really might be the answer to everything. A few months ago I sat down with Steve Solomon’s Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades and penciled out a detailed plan for my...
View ArticleNews From the Garden
Back in May, I wrote Notes From the Garden about my high hopes for our vegetable garden this year. In the three springs since we’ve moved into our house, we’ve set out with grand gardening visions...
View ArticleBlueberry Picking
Today we visited a nearby U-pick farm, and spent a couple of hours picking and eating blueberries. We had a great time, and now we have gallons of fruit for the freezer. Here are a few pictures from...
View ArticleA Revolution in the High Country
I lived in Central Colorado for more than half my life, and I loved many things about living there. I hiked the foothills most mornings and looked out on the valley where the massive Sawatch Range...
View ArticleJefferson’s Garden
Photo by stereogab “No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.” ― Thomas Jefferson I am happily in a season of gardening right...
View ArticleWelcome to My Garden
Oh hello there, come on in. Do you want to see the garden? That’s what I’d say if you stopped by today — even if you happened to be selling magazine subscriptions, educational materials, or hand woven...
View ArticleReaping the Harvest
This weekend we harvested all that remained in our three sisters garden. The boys and I dug out the ten-by-ten plot and planted it at the beginning of May on a bit of a whim, and I wrote about our...
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