An Overview of Our Urban Garden Spaces in 2012
Do you remember all the posts last year on our yard? I also had a bunch of goals in mind for this year; some of them I have shared with you all, and some I’m still formulating since we’re at the beginning of the gardening season. I created a digital image last year for what our yard would look like: Last fall, I sat in on forty hours of master gardener classes on all sorts of topics. What else was I going to do in the breaks between intellectual tidbits besides daydream up a new...
Read MorePlants and Seeds – Ordering Has Commenced
This post will probably win the award for worst formatted and worst narrated. Forgive me. My mind is fried with the recent events. About the only thing I’ve actually successfully finished was this: I got my seed/plant order in for the majority of the garden. I still need to design and order for the pollinator’s garden, but I have some good ideas on how to do it. Here’s the minimum list for this upcoming year’s garden: Plants Raspberry, Heritage – 5...
Read MorePart II: 15 things I’m Doing This Next Season in My Raised Bed
Not sure what’s going on? See Part I: Raised Bed Gardening/Square Foot Gardening at Not A Lot of Plot. Yesterday I talked about what was covered in the class given by Deb Walser on raised bed and square foot gardening. Today I’m going to talk about what I specifically learned and how I’m going to apply that for next year. You might want to grab a cup of coffee. This is a long one with lots of resources. First, an introduction to my garden: My Raised Beds – Cinder Block I...
Read MorePart I: Raised Bed Gardening/Square Foot Gardening at Not A Lot of Plot
Several weeks ago I attended Not A Lot of Plot at Indian Creek Nature Center and I learned so much. I figured I’d share some of the tips and tricks from the first session, Raised Bed Gardening, which discussed raised bed gardening, square foot gardening, and vertical gardening – three topics that are very near and dear to my heart. Deb Walser is a pretty well known master gardener in Linn County. While I couldn’t even begin to name all the various things she is involved in,...
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