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You can direct seed green onions by seed from March through August! First, I amended my bed with Cedar Grove and organi...
04/17/2025

You can direct seed green onions by seed from March through August! First, I amended my bed with Cedar Grove and organic chicken composts. 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 and water. Keep damp until germination.

Lettuces can be planted mid March through mid July for summer and fall harvest. I amended my bed with a combination of ...
04/13/2025

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.😊

Carrots are so fun! Especially the "carrots with character"...first pic!! Planted a bed of carrots today which c...
04/12/2025

Carrots are so fun! Especially the "carrots with character"...first pic!! Planted a bed of carrots today which can be planted anytime from March through June for summer and fall harvest. I prepped my bed with Cedar Grove Compost. Then made 2 finger furrows a quarter inch deep. The rows are spaced 4 to 5 inches apart starting at 2 inches from the inside edge. You can get 9 rows in a 4 foot wide bed which will yield 100 to 110 pounds of carrots. Smooth over your bed then tamp with a rake. Keep religiously damp until seeds germinate which can take up to 21 days this time of year. I cover my bed with netting to keep neighborhood squirrels and cats from digging, and apply Sluggo sprinkled on the bed when planted to prevent baby slugs from mowing down carrot starts as they emerge. Thin baby plants to 2" to 2.5" inches apart and enjoy!! And don't toss the carrot tops! They make a delicious pesto when partnered with a stronger tasting herb like rosemary, sage, mint, cilantro... I love it when I can harvest tops and bottoms!!😊

You can direct seed radishes from March into September! First, I amended my bed with Cedar Grove Compost. Next, make y...
04/09/2025

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 to 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 then water. As soon as radishes are up thin to 2" apart. Enjoy!

Beets can be planted March through the end of June for summer and fall harvest. In a 4 foot wide bed you can plant 6 ro...
04/06/2025

Beets can be planted March through the end of June for summer and fall harvest. In a 4 foot wide bed you can plant 6 rows spaced 7 inches apart. Make your two finger furrows a half inch deep. Sprinkle beet seeds. I use 3 gms of seed per row depending on variety. Cover over, tamp with a rake and keep watered evenly until seeds sprout. Once beets are two inches tall, thin to two to three inches apart, and you'll have beautiful beets all season!

Spent some time today planting one of my favorite hardy greens...Purple Orach. This green tastes very much like spinach...
03/30/2025

Spent some time today planting one of my favorite hardy greens...Purple Orach. This green tastes very much like spinach, but it has a much longer harvest time from an early spring planting. These beautifully delicious plants grow 5' tall! I prepped my bed by turning under organic Cedar Grove compost along with organic chicken compost. I made five, 2 finger furrows about 3/8 inch deep. The first two were made 4" from each side and one right down the middle of a 4' by 8' bed. Rows 4 and 5 are at 13" in from each side. Sprinkle seeds liberally, cover over furrows, then tamp with a rake. Water and apply organic Sluggo, and I cover my bed with netting attached to bamboo stakes to keep critters from digging. Thin starts to 8 to 9 inches apart when they are 2 to 3" tall. You can use the thinned ones as baby greens. Enjoy!!

Mustards can be planted mid March through early April. You can also plant for a fall/winter crop mid to late August. I...
03/26/2025

Mustards can be planted mid March through early April. You can also plant for a fall/winter crop mid to late August. I amended my bed with a combination of Cedar Grove and chicken composts. There are 5 rows in this 4' wide bed spaced 9" apart. Dig your 2 finger furrows just 1/4" deep and very lightly sprinkle with mustard seed. I used wild garden mustards from Territorial mixed with Ed Hume's Southern Giant and Red Giant. 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. When the plants are 2" tall thin to 8 or 9" apart, and enjoy the baby greens in a salad!

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

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