By Terry Phillips So after reading Part 1, you’re ready to grow onions, but now you’re wondering what the best thing to start with is: seeds, sets, or starts? Let’s examine each option. Seeds Growing from seed allows you to … Continued
By Terry Phillips How ubiquitous a vegetable. What kitchen could be without them? Chop and fry an onion and your family knows dinner is on the way, even if you don’t know yet what else is going into the pan. … Continued
by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette My carrots were up in record time this year! The new babies were a little pale looking after being in the dark a little too long. As it was a very hot sunny … Continued
by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette June 24 is carrot planting day for this gal. In my garden I find this date works well to get a good size carrot for my winter crop. Linda Gilkeson plants her final … Continued
By Jennifer Banks-Doll Getting the garden in this year has felt like a marathon. And it’s still going! I tried to grow all my own veggie starts from seed this year, for the first time. All my peppers, tomatoes, brassicas, … Continued
by Karen Dunn A Karen’s Corner Blogette About six years ago I bought a variety of Orach called Good King Henry from Seeds of Victoria. West Coast Seeds also sells it as Magenta Orach. I planted it for eating as … Continued
by Jennifer Banks-Doll The first in a series about lettuce. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love kale and it seems to do so well on Quadra. But when I served our first lettuce salad of the year we could … Continued