Posts tagged as: HQ
Spring has sprung! Are you sprouting yet? It’s planting season again and I don’t know about you, but I am excited. Big plans this year. BIG plans. And since I was away last year and never got to share my very last garden on my Micro Homestead, I thought today I’d do just that. A [...]
This year I took my second crack at growing potatoes in stacked towers, which is theoretically supposed to maximize output while minimizing space. As a control, I also planted out a simple single-layer bed of taters, to compare the yields come harvest time. So let’s start there: This is the raised bed at the end [...]
. . . girls on the go . . . What a strange year it’s been in the pacific northwest! A late-start summer that never fully matured, cool weather, early rains and bursts of heat made for a confusing fall and a totally befuddled garden! Since my last update I’ve torn out most of the [...]
A few years back, I grew potatoes in stacks of tires. It worked out all right for a first attempt, and come fall I had a modest harvest of magnificent taters. This project appealed to me on many levels. Of course, I just love to garden, period. But I also work with a pretty small [...]
I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve written about my garden! We’re already well into summer with nary an update. Of course, I’ve been a little busy. And Portland, well, Portland hasn’t really been cooperating. I ran across this graphic on the net today (thanks Monika!) that seemed pretty apt . . . [...]
