December in the garden is a quiet time. The days are so short, and so cold, and often wet, it is hard to find any desire to go outside and work. Still, on a few nicer days, we bundled up and went outside to visit and even do work. We had a pretty good windstorm… Continue reading Urban Homesteading December In The Garden
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Urban Homesteading – When Will You Start?
We haven't had cable tv service in over 5 years now (and I don't miss it I can attest!), but sometimes in a moment of pure lazy indulgence, Kirk and I will watch some tv via Amazon Prime. Guilty pleasures involve Hoarders (it gets me cleaning and purging our house faster than most anything else!… Continue reading Urban Homesteading – When Will You Start?
Urban Homesteading: November In The Garden
November started off with....rain. A lot of it. Drought? What drought? It was officially ended by the 3rd week of November, when already 8" of rain had fallen in many parts of Western Washington. If anything, it means I can now remove more of the "grass" (more like clover, moss and weeds) to put in… Continue reading Urban Homesteading: November In The Garden
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