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Yesterday was St.Patty's Day, so it's now time to plant sugar snap peas, a very high maintenance veggie to grow but eve...
03/18/2025

Yesterday was St.Patty's Day, so it's now time to plant sugar snap peas, a very high maintenance veggie to grow but everyone loves them, so...I amended my beds with Cedar Grove Compost. Prior to planting I soaked my pea seeds in water for 3 hours. The first row is 1" in from the side then every 3" after that. Pea seeds are spaced 2" apart in the rows. Lay out all your seed. I used 4.7 oz of Territorial's Cascadia bush for this 3' by 8' foot bed. I use a combination of 4 round 5' tall hand made tomato cages and heavy duty 4' tall stakes down the sides for support, so I set these in place after I lay out seed. Push seeds down to your first knuckle, 3/4" to 1". Now brush over your bed to fill in the holes, and sprinkle Sluggo organic slug control. Finish by watering.

Today is a great day to fertilize your blueberry plants to promote nice big berry growth! I use organic Gardener and Bl...
03/18/2025

Today is a great day to fertilize your blueberry plants to promote nice big berry growth! I use organic Gardener and Bloom Rhody and Azalea food. For well established large bushes I sprinkle 3 cups around the root zone. Smaller shrubs get 1.5 to 2 cups, and fairly new plants get 3/4 to 1 cup. Mix the fertilizer into your soil or wood chips with a cultivator and water in thoroughly. Repeat this process late May to early June.

Time for some garlic growing maintenance!...For those of you that planted garlic last fall, late September/October, it's...
03/12/2025

Time for some garlic growing maintenance!...For those of you that planted garlic last fall, late September/October, it's time to pull off your straw if you mulched it at the time of planting and topdress with about an eighth inch of organic chicken compost. Water it in and you'll harvest nice big pods in mid June through July depending on your variety.

I am now planting broccoli starts! My personal favorite is "Packman". In a 3' by 8' bed you can fit 7 plants, and in a...
03/12/2025

I am now planting broccoli starts! My personal favorite is "Packman". In a 3' by 8' bed you can fit 7 plants, and in a 4' by 8' bed you can plant 11. The spacing is 18" apart. I amend the bed with organic Cedar Grove compost then add about 1/4 c. Gardener and Bloom organic Tomato and Veggie fertilizer mixed into the planting hole just below the root zone. I finish with a sprinkle of Sluggo around each plant, then I net the bed to keep cats and squirrels from digging out my starts and keep coddling moths from laying their eggs that hatch into the fat green worms that love to devour your plants. In April I plant a periphery of marigolds starts on the outside edges, 2 between each broccoli plant. This helps deter aphids. At this time I take off the netting. You'll be able to harvest the first large heads by Mid to late May and then side shoots all season through winter and next spring, weather permitting. Enjoy!!

I am now planting broccoli starts! My personal favorite is "Packman". In a 3' by 8' bed you can fit 8 or 9 plants, and...
03/12/2025

I am now planting broccoli starts! My personal favorite is "Packman". In a 3' by 8' bed you can fit 8 or 9 plants, and in a 4' by 8' bed you can plant 11. The spacing is 18" apart. I amend the bed with organic Cedar Grove compost then add about 1/4 c. Gardener and Bloom organic Tomato and Veggie fertilizer mixed into the planting hole just below the root zone. I finish with a sprinkle of Sluggo around each plant, then I net the bed to keep cats and squirrels from digging out my starts and keep coddling moths from laying their eggs that hatch into the fat green worms that love to devour your plants. In April I plant a periphery of marigolds starts on the outside edges, 2 between each broccoli plant. This helps deter aphids. At this time I take off the netting. You'll be able to harvest the first large heads by Mid to late May and then side shoots all season through winter and next spring, weather permitting. Enjoy!!

There is still time to plant onions! My favorite is the very large sweet onion, "Ailsa Craig.". This is an heirloom var...
03/11/2025

There is still time to plant onions! My favorite is the very large sweet onion, "Ailsa Craig.". This is an heirloom variety from England and so easy to grow! Here's a video to show you how. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yliI5qpZ8mU. And updates since the video was filmed...I now plant periphery onions 1.5" apart, and I pull a hose and water onion starts every other day unless it's raining. This promotes fast root growth!

There is still time to plant potatoes! Step 1. Prep your seed potatoes. Step 2. Add compost, turn your bed, and mark ...
03/10/2025

There is still time to plant potatoes! Step 1. Prep your seed potatoes. Step 2. Add compost, turn your bed, and mark your spacing for planting. Update! I now space the side rows 8" in from each side, and I dig the holes 9 to 10" deep. Step 3. Pair your potato halves so that each hole will have a minimum of five to seven eyes. Step 4. Dig your holes, place potato halves in each hole cut side down and cover. Start regular, deep watering, every three days, when the weather warms and potatoes are up. The final picture is my record largest potato grown here! Questions???? Watch my Envirohouse YouTube How to...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BlkxaCmRrb0

Gifts from the garden! Nothing says "love you," like home grown and hand made!... pumpkin spice bread, celery leaf pes...
12/22/2024

Gifts from the garden! Nothing says "love you," like home grown and hand made!... pumpkin spice bread, celery leaf pesto, a mixed berry pepper jam, and home made horseradish. Happy Holidays everyone!

Now is the time! If you haven't already done so, now is the time to prune your ras...
11/25/2024

Now is the time! If you haven't already done so, now is the time to prune your raspberries for winter. But what do you cut and what do you keep? Pruning this way works for both July and everbearing varieties. 1. Canes that have lateral branching (that had berries in July) like picture number 2 get cut back to the ground. 2. Canes that just finished bearing fruit in late fall on the tips of the canes (everybearing) get pruned back to just below the fruit or to the height you want for picking. 3. Cut back the new canes that grew this summer (July bearing) to picking height. 4. Restring you wire to catch any straggling canes so they all have support. And 5. cover your raspberry bed with a thick layer of leaves (nature's fertilizer). This will prevent weeds from growing and slowly birm up and feed your berry area. In April I apply a light layer of chicken compost and water it in, and this will give you nice big berries! For watering, I have a 1" soaker hose that makes about 3 passes through this 5' wide bed. Every 2 weeks during the dry season I let it drip for 4 hours and they're happy! 😊

08/02/2024

Squash blossoms are so delicious and one of the simplest ways to eat them is pan sautéed with eggs. There are more suggestions in the comments. Very tasty!

And the onion tops are going down...When the majority of your onion tops have flopped it's time to cut back on watering....
07/23/2024

And the onion tops are going down...When the majority of your onion tops have flopped it's time to cut back on watering. These onions are telling you that they are pretty much done growing, (not completely, they just slow down) and that now is the time for the curing process. You can start this process while they are in the bed by cutting back on watering. I go from a once every three days watering cycle to once every six days. This way, they can still hang out in the bed and grow some more and start to cure for winter storage. And feel free to harvest as many as you want for fresh eating! And be sure to use the greens! They are delicious as well. And just for size reference these onions are spaced 6" apart and are averaging 1.25 to 1.75 lbs each. Ailsa Craig, my favorite onion ever to grow...and the easiest!! Here's a video on how to cure onions! https://youtu.be/kMYtjz295T8?si=7pGM62odlzwMNTDF

Planting lots of sweet and hot peppers this week! Peppers are special. They get not only Cedar Grove Compost but chic...
05/13/2024

Planting lots of sweet and hot peppers this week! Peppers are special. They get not only Cedar Grove Compost but chicken compost as well AND Gardener and Bloom Organic Tomato/ Veggie Fertilizer. Turn your bed with both composts. Dig your planting holes. This is a 3' wide bed so I stagger a three, then two planting pattern spaced 12" apart. In an 8' bed you can get 20 plants, and in this 6' bed, 15 plants. Add 1/4 cup of the fertilizer in each hole and mix well. Plant your starts sinking a little deep for strong root growth. Put 3' stakes in for support for later and sprinkle Sluggo around the base of each plant. My favorite sweet pepper is Sweet Banana because it does turn red! Hot pepper favorites are Serranos, cayennes, super chilis, and jalapenos. Enjoy! Peppers are so fun!😊

I am now planting zucchini (or any summer or winter squash)! First, amend your bed with organic Cedar Grove Compost. Y...
05/04/2024

I am now planting zucchini (or any summer or winter squash)! First, amend your bed with organic Cedar Grove Compost. You can fit 9 starts in a 4' by 8' bed or 12 starts in a 4' by 10' bed. All the plants are spaced about 2' apart. The last picture is a planting diagram for a 4' by 8' bed and a 4' by 10' bed. My two favorite varieties are both from Territorial Seeds...Emerald Delight and Easypick Gold. Mark your holes then dig them fairly deep. Add 1/3 c. Gardener and Bloom organic Tomato/Veggie Fertilizer and mix well in the hole. Add or subtract soil to get the right planting depth for your starts. It's great to plant them deep so their first set of leaves is just slightly below the soil level. This will help grow a sturdy, well supported plant! Cover over, water, and sprinkle a ring of Organic Sluggo around each start. By planting now you should be harvesting your first zucchini by mid June!

No more frosty nights ahead here in Central Tacoma, so it's a go for planting tomatoes and tomatillos. Both crops have...
04/25/2024

No more frosty nights ahead here in Central Tacoma, so it's a go for planting tomatoes and tomatillos. Both crops have the same spacing and support. Amend your bed with Cedar Grove Compost. Starts are planted 9" in from the sides of the beds and spaced 2 feet apart. Dig your hole deep and stir in a half cup of Gardener and Bloom Tomato Veggie Fertilizer. Plant your starts deep, burying 1/3 of their height. This will promote strong root growth. Install your supports at the time you plant. My favorite tomato to grow is the Juliet Red Grape! It has great flavor, super high production, and never gets blossom end rot.

Lettuces can be planted mid March through mid July for summer and fall harvest. I amended my bed with a combination of ...
04/17/2024

Lettuces can be planted mid March through mid July for summer and fall harvest. I amended my bed with a combination of Cedar Grove and chicken composts. There are 4 rows of lettuces in this 4' wide bed spaced 11" apart. I plant a row of purple orach between the rows of lettuces. These help support the leafy lettuces to keep the leaf material off the soil and also provide you with another green to harvest as you're cutting. Dig your 2 finger furrows just 1/8" deep for the lettuces and lightly sprinkle with seed. I use about 1 gm of seed per 8' of row. My first row of lettuce is 4" in from the side of the bed. Cover over and dig your 2 finger furrow for orach at 9" from the side and 1/2" deep. Sprinkle seed and cover over. Dig your next lettuce furrow at 15", apply seed, and dig your middle orach furrow at 22". Apply seed, cover over. Repeat this process from the other side for 2 more lettuce rows and 1 more orach row. Cover over, lightly tamp with a rake, use netting if you need to protect your bed from cats or squirrels digging, sprinkle with Sluggo and water. Keep damp until seeds germinate. I'll post again when it's time for the first cutting...mid to late May.😊

Beets can be planted mid March through the end of June for summer and fall harvest. I turn under Cedar Grove Organic Co...
04/07/2024

Beets can be planted mid March through the end of June for summer and fall harvest. I turn under Cedar Grove Organic Compost first. In a 4 foot wide bed you can plant 6 rows spaced 7 inches apart. Make your two finger furrows a half inch deep. I now space out the seed 1" to 1.5" apart in a triangular pattern in the row. This gives them more grow space before thinning. Cover over, tamp with a rake, and I put up my bamboo stakes and netting to keep critters from digging in the bed. Sprinkle with Sluggo and keep watered evenly until seeds sprout. Once beets are two plus inches tall, thin to 2.5 to three inches apart, and you'll have beautiful beets all season! And here's a bonus...if you leave the netting on as they grow, raising it as they grow taller, you won't have any leaf miner activity in the beet greens. Leaf miner larvae are laid by a flying insect! Go figure, I thought they came from the soil!

You can direct seed radishes from March into September! First, I amended my bed with Cedar Grove Compost. Next, make y...
04/07/2024

You can direct seed radishes from March into September! First, I amended my bed with Cedar Grove Compost. Next, make your two finger furrows spaced 3" or 4" apart. In a 3' wide bed you can fit 9 to 11 rows. Sprinkle your seed sparingly, cover over and tamp with your rake. To keep animals from digging cover the bed with netting using bamboo stakes and notebook clips. Sprinkle bed with Sluggo and water. As soon as radishes are up thin to 2" apart. Enjoy!

Time to start your summer and winter squashes indoors under a grow light or in a bright, sunny window! I use Organic Ga...
04/04/2024

Time to start your summer and winter squashes indoors under a grow light or in a bright, sunny window! I use Organic Gardener and Bloom Potting Soil. Fill your 4" pots 3/4 of the way and tamp down firmly. Place 2 seeds in each pot, kitty corner to each other, and push them down to your first knuckle or 1". Cover over, water, and place under a grow light with the light resting on the pots. As they germinate you can raise the light. I up pot so that there is 1 zucchini plant per pot, harden off for several days, and then they go outside under a hoop and plastic until they're ready to plant out first part of May. Then I start round 2 under the light with winter squashes mid April.

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