Category Archives: Gardening

We love our greenhouses.  They aren’t fancy.  They weren’t expensive.  They are cheap.  But they’ve given us some protected areas for starting and growing a variety of plants. While we love them, the door zippers are frustrating.  They are the … Continue reading →

Once again,  the tomatoes got completely out of control before we got a decent trellis up for them.  Seems to happen every year.  One year I will have this made before the tomatoes are 8 feet tall!  We put the … Continue reading →

This year we moved a lot of our raspberries, some to a row of raised beds at the lower part of what we call the berry room, and the rest of the black raspberries that were still in 22 gallon … Continue reading →

We love our greenhouses.  They were not expensive, they went up quick, we have been able to move them by picking them up and walking them to their new locations and they help us to extend our season and save … Continue reading →

When we moved here I had a dream.  I had been picturing land, animals, gardens, raising our own food and being able to breathe.  I won’t say that there were no Disney style cartoon birds and woodland creatures helping do … Continue reading →

In this article, I will discuss the setup I use to add drip irrigation to large pots and grow bags.  I put drip rings of various sizes in bags and containers.  I make these rings to fit the container and … Continue reading →

One of the things we like best about raised beds is the ability to work without having to bend down to or get down on the ground.  As we get older, this becomes a much bigger issue.  We have found … Continue reading →

6 years ago (has it only been six years?  Wow!), our initial “raised bed” garden was a fenced in area behind the shop.  The beds were about 8″ tall 4′ by 4′,  made with wood that we had milled from … Continue reading →

Bill originally built the shaker deck to help harvest potatoes.  For years we have grown potatoes in bags, not in ground, not in raised beds.  It just works better for us.  We will probably never get the huge harvests that … Continue reading →

Having a greenhouse always seemed to be an out of reach dream.  The entry cost was prohibitive.  We struggle with flat land up here.  We also struggle with sunlight and a fear of trees.   Case in point yesterday I was … Continue reading →