Archive for March, 2007

Container Gardening

Posted on March 30, 2007. Filed under: Garden |

I have done a lot of container gardening in my life.
Having been a renter for a long time the ability to take the garden with me or disassemble it as needed induced the love of the container.
There are advantages and disadvantages to container gardening and one of the main disadvantages is the ability to grow [...]

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A good day with Raspberries

Posted on March 24, 2007. Filed under: Garden |

Today was a lovely day in the garden. I went out with the intent of cutting back and staking the raspberries. Not soon after I got out there I got sidetracked by the first signs of the Japanese Knot-weed(must be said with evil voice) that is the bane of my existence every year. I really [...]

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Beware of the carrot rust fly!!!

Posted on March 24, 2007. Filed under: Garden |

Beware of the carrot rust fly!!!
As it is nearing time to plant carrots for those of you not familiar with the Pacific NW pests one that may not be prevalent in other parts of the country is the Carrot Rust fly. The fly lays eggs in the seed beds and the larvae tunnel into carrots [...]

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Recommended: Square Foot Gardening

Posted on March 22, 2007. Filed under: Books, Garden |

This is a book I bought about 15 years ago YIKES….it is still a great book.
Mine is a little worn and definitely has had some use. Looky a garden plan
I wrote on the back of a fax cover sheet in 1993…sigh. I didn’t have my own
garden then, I leased one from the [...]

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