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A water-saving veggie garden for the foothillsA water-saving veggie garden for the foothills

A water-saving veggie garden for the foothills

Your water-wise veggie garden Does everyone in our Mountain Community grow at least one tomato? I think so! For me,…

7 years ago
Grow a ‘Cut and Come Again’ salad gardenGrow a ‘Cut and Come Again’ salad garden

Grow a ‘Cut and Come Again’ salad garden

How to grow a Salad! Thinking about 'Cut and Come Again' salad gardens...you may have already started lettuce or mesclun…

8 years ago
Growing your garden, all from seed!Growing your garden, all from seed!

Growing your garden, all from seed!

Learning to grow from seed It's Spring!  My friend, Marie, inspires me so much with her courtyard garden fitted with…

8 years ago
Growing veggies in the remnants of a straw bale gardenGrowing veggies in the remnants of a straw bale garden

Growing veggies in the remnants of a straw bale garden

This Year's Veg Garden Experiment: The last two years have been straw bale gardens with great success!  This year, there…

10 years ago
Straw Bale gardening in the Sierra foothills: HarvestStraw Bale gardening in the Sierra foothills: Harvest

Straw Bale gardening in the Sierra foothills: Harvest

Harvesting the straw bale garden I call this experiment a success!   After reading and reviewing the book Straw Bale Gardens…

12 years ago

Summer progress on the straw bale garden

Part Two: Summer In May, Tractor Man and I lugged four bales of hay down our slope and set them…

12 years ago

Trying out a straw bale garden

A Straw Bale Garden?  Sure, I love experiments! Recently I decided to try the technique called straw bale gardening, after…

12 years ago
Grow the 7 most profitable vegetables in your gardenGrow the 7 most profitable vegetables in your garden

Grow the 7 most profitable vegetables in your garden

Sowing smart! What vegetables can you grow this year to save the most money at the grocery store? Yields per…

12 years ago

April First views in the Sierra foothills

First views of my garden at the first of April....  First views is the brainchild of Town Mouse, with the…

13 years ago

My green onion garden

Did you know that when green onions get a bit old in the fridge, you can plant them in a…

13 years ago