Archive for 'fruit trees'
June 24, 2009
Thanks all for your comments. As for the carrots, they were this year’s first planting. I was thinking back to what I had planted there last year to see if there could have been overwintered carrots there, and that’s impossible. Last year I had corn there. Quite odd since they came from this year’s seed [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2009 under fruit trees, harvest, pests.
Comments: 6
May 26, 2009
Short post tonight as not much to report on, but I had to share.
First off, I was catching up on my blog reading/commenting and came across KitsapFG’s blog from the other side of Puget Sound. I got half-way through her to-do/done list and had to stop to head out to the garden. I’ve been seeing [...]
Posted: May 26th, 2009 under bees, blueberries, fruit trees, pests, polination.
Comments: 8
May 9, 2009
Well, for the first time since I started this blog over a year ago, I don’t quite feel like blogging tonight. There is too much going on and I’m feeling lazy. However, I got a fair amount done today so the desire to share overwhelmed the desire to sit on my can and read a [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2009 under SWCs, coldframe/hoop cover, fruit trees, planting, seed starting, seeds, tomatoes, weather.
Comments: 11
September 20, 2008
Well, it’s this time of year that Seattle weather forecasters lose all respect they’ve earned throughout the year. Today was partly cloudy with scattered showers. What that meant for us was a light rain or drizzle the entire day and night. So my grand plans were rained out, well partially.
I did get a chance to [...]
Posted: September 20th, 2008 under blueberries, fruit trees, harvest, preserving, research, tomatoes.
Comments: 2
September 15, 2008
Yesterday was busy from sun up, well beyond sundown, so I’ll recap yesterday and then do a bit of a garden tour.
Sunday was supposed to be a full day at the Puyallup Fair with the whole family. Unfortunately we didn’t finish up at my father-in-law’s on Saturday, so I started out early to get it [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2008 under blackberries, blueberries, coldframe/hoop cover, corn, fruit trees, garlic, polination, potatoes, preserving, weather.
Comments: 2