During our recent visit to the greater Portland, Oregon area we had the opportunity to go blueberry picking. It was in our favor that the Western states experienced a very cool spring and late start to the growing season because typically Northwest blueberries would be on strong in July but this year early/mid August was …
Continue reading A Pickin’ and A Grinin’ Pacific Northwest Style
As I noted earlier in August, it is hard to leave the garden in late summer during the prime harvest season if you are growing food. A type of garden anxiety disorder can be ignited while you are busy running around getting everything to a point where it will be o.k. to leave if for …
The warm season harvest has begun! Actually, it began last week right at the end of July and now I am so distracted by my crops that every time I go out to the garden to do some maintenance I end up harvesting a 'handful of this and a handful of that'. See what I …
You know how things just kinda sneak up on you...like maybe a few too many trips to the ice cream store over the summer, a few too many pairs of cute flip-flops, or even a few too many 50% off annuals and discounted perennials. Well, when you spend a few too many days out of …
This morning it was time to get back into the garden to see what had transpired over the long Holiday weekend. Since we've had high heat (upper 90's) for almost a week I wondered...will it (the garden) be friend or foe? In other words, will my "to do" list have grown more than anything else …
Continue reading Early Morning Picks, Puzzling Peas and Smashing Strawberries
Wonderful weather can make a great gardening weekend! Of course, there are lots of fun things to do during nice weather but this weekend was very productive in the garden. I think because it was the first real "feeling" of summer here in the Intermountain West. Some of you know what summer is like here …
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Since June is national fruit month I recently wrote an article for a local magazine about growing strawberries in your backyard. Strawberries are definitely one of the starlets of early summer so it is hardly possible for a gardener to bite into a sweet, juicy, homegrown strawberry and not consider the possibility of growing these delicious …
My favorite fruit is berries. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, Marionberries, loganberries, huckleberries and probably others I don't know of yet. Remember Bubba in Forest Gump and how he liked shrimp? Well that is how I am with berries. I like them fresh, frozen, heated, blended and maybe even sautéed. I can always enjoy berry pie, …
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