Author Archives: Sandy

Peachy

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Sandy

 Miracle of gardening miracles! I successfully grew peaches in the greater Seattle area. This is no small feat even during years with ideal weather (which is rare), but it is pretty amazing this year considering the cold spring and summer we’ve … Continue reading →

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What to do with 200 pounds of plums?

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Sandy

The kids and I picked a medium-sized basket of plums yesterday. Out of curiosity, I weighed the basket. We had 18.5 pounds of plums and you could hardly tell the tree had been picked at all. Based on a quick … Continue reading →

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First cukes & beans

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Sandy

I originally started vegetable gardening a number of years ago because I wanted to grow my own cucumbers, lemon cucumber to be specific. For a long time, cucumbers were the only food crop I grew. I expanded my gardening horizons … Continue reading →

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A new beastie and more pleasant things

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Sandy

Last week I found a terrible beastie in a pea pod. It’s a horrible looking little beast that makes opening each pea pod a bit of a risky venture. I did a little research and found out that this hideous creature … Continue reading →

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Summer

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Sandy

As much as I try to do three-season gardening, summer is the star of the gardening year. Summer produces the good stuff. The straight from the plant into the mouth stuff.  The save it in a jar stuff. In Seattle, summer can … Continue reading →

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Berry anticipation and a peek around the garden

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Sandy

We’ve been harvesting strawberries for a few weeks now, but the raspberries and blueberries have not really started to ripen yet. The raspberries should begin ripening any day now, especially since we finally have some warm, even downright hot, weather in our forecast. … Continue reading →

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Jam season and the ladies’ new home

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Sandy

Although the weather remains more clouds than sun, the temperature has been inching up week after week and the garden is progressing. Yesterday, I picked 3 pounds of strawberries from the strawberry patch. This was from the old patch that … Continue reading →

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Drizzle gardening and my new toy

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Sandy

If you can’t handle a gardening in rain once in a while, you won’t get a lot of gardening done in the Puget Sound during a particularly soggy spring. After a lovely day on Saturday, during which I mostly played and … Continue reading →

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New coop and a visit from a long lost friend

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Sandy

We recently decided to add a second coop, this one in the goat pasture. We plan to use the new coop as the primary one and the existing coop as the home for chicks/pullets or any sick hens we might … Continue reading →

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Weather shmeather, gardening goes on

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Sandy

I’m not going to whine about the weather. And I’m not going to think about the 10-day forecast I just read. Now, on to happier topics. Most of my recent gardening efforts have been inside the greenhouse. This weekend, I … Continue reading →

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