Urban Gnomestead

Urban Gnomestead A firm believer that everyone should be growing some of their food.

I am a local garden consultant in my spare time and a full time farmer at Roots Farm in Poulsbo, WA.

An extremely dedicated, loyal, rebellious husband is what every good garden wife needs. While strolling downtown, for sm...
11/30/2025

An extremely dedicated, loyal, rebellious husband is what every good garden wife needs.

While strolling downtown, for small business Saturday deals, I happened to notice a local taproom cleaned up their outdoor seating area and so nicely packaged up some great leaves. If we weren't heading for dinner and in nice clothes I would have made everyone we were walking with grab a bag but sadly I had to leave these leaves behind.

The next morning while the fog was still thick and the air brisk, knowing my love for leaves and always needing a good excuse to go for a bike ride, my dedicated husband says, "I am up for the challenge."

He quickly grabbed every strap he could find and rode off on his stealth leaf operation.

Upon his arrival home he ran to the door, peeked his head inside and said, "Wanna see?" We ran down the stairs and to my surprise the rad bike was a sight for sore eyes. My heart grew 3 sizes in that moment from love, pride, and the twinkle in his eye.

How lucky am I to have this guy?!?!

See you Sunday for this month's garden talk about Cucumbers. I will also be discussing Eggplants, which would have been ...
11/28/2025

See you Sunday for this month's garden talk about Cucumbers.

I will also be discussing Eggplants, which would have been out December talk. I have to travel around the Holidays and need to cancel Decembers talk

That means you get a 2 for 1 deal on Sunday!

11/16/2025

Zucchini Hunting Season 2025

Why do I collect so many leaves you ask? Scroll through pictures and see why!
11/09/2025

Why do I collect so many leaves you ask?

Scroll through pictures and see why!

Garlic planting day!
11/08/2025

Garlic planting day!

Pressure canning pumpkin today! This will be used later in the season for pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin puree, et...
11/02/2025

Pressure canning pumpkin today!

This will be used later in the season for pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin puree, etc.

For shelf stable pumpkin you have to pressure can it in chunks to be used later.

For freeze stable you can roast and mash your puree and freeze in appropriate size portions.

If you don't have a pressure canner yet I highly recommend you start looking into one. It's great for making a lot of food shelf stable.

Do you bag up your fallen maple leaves?I would happily come by and collect bagged maple leaves if you do!  Please share ...
10/29/2025

Do you bag up your fallen maple leaves?
I would happily come by and collect bagged maple leaves if you do!

Please share with your neighbors!

Garden Talk is this Sunday from 1-3 at Ridgeline Brewing. We will be discussing all things melons!
10/24/2025

Garden Talk is this Sunday from 1-3 at Ridgeline Brewing.

We will be discussing all things melons!

It was pepper harvest time at the farm but we needed somewhere warm for them to finish maturing...my house it is! Pepper...
10/10/2025

It was pepper harvest time at the farm but we needed somewhere warm for them to finish maturing...my house it is!

Pepper season in Kitsap County tends to be late September through October. The hard part with that is we start to get a lot of rains and our night time temperatures start to drop below the 50° mark. Both of these factors are not good for peppers.

I brought these bins home where they can be warm and dry. I will check in them daily finding the ones that have ripened. Fingers crossed that most will. Usually if the pepper has started to change colors you can guarantee it will ripen. Whatever doesn't ripen won't be tossed just used for different purposes.

Glad I trusted the weather and then it followed through! I did a bunch of weeding over the weekend and prepared soil for...
10/02/2025

Glad I trusted the weather and then it followed through!

I did a bunch of weeding over the weekend and prepared soil for ground cover seeds.

On my main walking area I am using the no mow blend from and between my tower systems along the house I am using creeping thyme from

Happy October Everyone! The days are getting shorter and the temperatures are going down. If you have not ordered your g...
10/02/2025

Happy October Everyone!

The days are getting shorter and the temperatures are going down.

If you have not ordered your garlic yet you really need to get that done ASAP. You can also find seed garlic at your local nursery or buy from your farmers at the farmers market.

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