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Strawberry jam, peaches, and peas

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Sandy

I picked enough strawberries today to make my first batch of jam. It was a half batch, but I’ll take it! With our wet weather, the strawberry patch has been doing OK, but I do have some fruit that has … Continue reading →

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Peas

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Sandy

I did a smaller pea planting this year, but decided to plant three different varieties in one bed. The pea plants are huge! They’ve grown so much since the last photo, taken April 1. From left to right, I have … Continue reading →

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Photo album: Plum blossoms, peas, garlic, blueberries, and rhubarb

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Sandy

Our Shiro plum tree is our more prolific and reliable tree. The tree is about 7 – 8 years old now and produces heaps of super juicy yellow plums each year. What you see in the picture is the “after” … Continue reading →

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Garden season 2012 commences

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Sandy

After a long blogging hiatus, I’m back! And I’m really late kicking off garden season 2012. Truth be told, I’ve been working on some other projects (not related to gardening and sustainability) that have monopolized my spare time over the … Continue reading →

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Peas, tomatoes, roses, and an awesome water saving device

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Sandy

The peas are finally emerging! I planted these peas back in March and then they did a whole lot of nothing for a while and I thought I might have to start over. Germination was not great, so I recently added … Continue reading →

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One potato, one potato

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Sandy

This year, I am only growing one potato variety. I’m dealing with some space constraints since we haven’t added as many new beds as I thought we might so I decided to grow just my favorite variety, La Ratte, which … 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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What month is this anyway? April or December?

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Sandy

The weather has been tumultuous and all I can think about is bees.  I really need the little guys to come out and pollinate my trees.  A few days ago we woke up to a mixture of snow and hail.  … Continue reading →

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Garden transformation and what we’re eating

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Sandy

I’ve gardened for years, but most of my gardening experience has been with ornamental (as opposed to edible) plants.  When we moved into our house in 2002, we knew the yard needed a lot of work.  We had no idea that … Continue reading →

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Seeding for summer and more blueberries!

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Sandy

We had a colder than usual winter and a number of my more tender lavender plants (Spanish lavender) died. This left a section of our yard looking quite a mess. Today, I tackled removing all the dead lavenders and I … Continue reading →

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