June in the Garden
After the May frenzy to get everything planted, June feels like rather a quiet month in the garden. Every bed has been planted, and there’s not much to do but water and weed and wait for things to...
View ArticleGarlic Harvest
A little over two weeks ago I pulled the garlic out of the ground. That’s very early for here, but the leaves were turning brown and it was ready to go. I think the very mild winter probably had...
View ArticleFull Sours
When I started canning, one of the first things I put up were dill pickles. I love making pickles, and I’ve always loved eating them, but for some reason I was never really very interested in eating...
View ArticleGetting Ready for Fall
Fall has snuck up on me. All through August and September I had a list of garden chores in the back of my mind, things I wanted to get done before October. Even so it seemed very far away until late...
View ArticleOctober in the Garden
As the end of October approaches, the garden has been more or less put to bed for the winter, but there’s still quite a bit growing. The Friday before last a frost was predicted, so I went over to the...
View ArticleEmergence
Last week I was listening to a recent episode of the A Way to Garden podcast, in which the host Margaret Roach was talking to her sister Marion about what she’s dubbed “urgent garden questions.”...
View ArticleApril in the Garden
Spring arrived tentatively this year, but it feels like we’ve really turned the corner now. The grass seems to have greened up over night and lots of seedlings are breaking through the soil. The peas...
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