During the long and very hot summer, it was always in the corner of my mind that I needed to think about my garden and fall, unless I wanted to roll up the growing and call it a year. So out of that came these DIY hoop house projects: I came across a copy of… Continue reading Urban Homesteading: Building A Simple Hoop House
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Cold Weather Protection for Fall Crops
It doesn't much more than this color in a maple leaf to tell us in the Pacific Northwest that Fall is here..... Fall here brings the rain back, but it also has plenty of warm afternoons and sun. Just much shorter days though, and it cools off quickly. The garden still grows happily. But with… Continue reading Cold Weather Protection for Fall Crops
September In The Garden
September In The Garden! What a change from the earlier months this summer. Rain started the month, ending the drought. The temperature dropped for a week. Everything surged quickly, as if it knew it had gotten a break. Since then, it has alternated with sunny and rain, the kind of weather the garden loves. And… Continue reading September In The Garden
Handcrafted Marinara Sauce
I won't lie, making pasta sauce from scratch to can is time-consuming. It'll have you wondering why you are standing there, sweating...when you could just drive to the store and buy it. Right? But....it is worth it. You know what goes into it. No thickeners, no stabilizers, no gums. No preservatives. Canned in glass jars,… Continue reading Handcrafted Marinara Sauce