I just started to plant my fall vegetables. I planted broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts. In a couple of weeks I will be planting peas, carrots, lettuce, and spinach. Where I live, and this applies to most climates, Fall is the best time to harvest these cool season vegetables. By maturing in the cool Fall [...]

Many gardeners don’t know that you can get three different crops a year in your vegetable garden. You can plant in the Spring, Summer and Fall. Be sure to watch this video to learn how to maximize your planting season and get delicious vegetables throughout the year. I wrote a post on this last year [...]

Hopefully you have already figured out what you are going to plant this year so that you can begin planning your garden. Deciding on what you are going to grow is the first step in planning your garden. The next steps are below: Figure out the size of area you have to work with and [...]

Another update to our garden. We are starting to do our summer harvest of tomatoes (pretty late as compared to other years due to a cool and wet June), artichokes, onions, beets, squash, beans, peppers, and eggplant. We have been picking strawberries throughout the year and they have been good. I highly recommend Albion strawberries [...]

Sorry to all those you follow this blog. I have been very busy with high priorities in my life. I have not neglected the garden however, just the blog. Here are some updates on my garden along with pictures. Feel free to ask questions or comment on if you feel that you are not getting [...]