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Vegetable Garden Day 13 Oh dear, running late again. Today's topic (GardenTribe's Boot Camp) is pretty basic--TOOLS--, so I'll skim over it quickly and get on to Day 14. So about Tools. I'm going to tell you about the tools I use most often, how I use them, and what I think about them. Shovel.... Continue Reading →
Wow, we finally hit Day 10 of Garden Tribe's Vegetable Garden Boot Camp. Yay! Subject of today's post--COMPOST. It almost doesn't matter where you're getting your information, it's likely you'll find this is one of the top recommendations for any garden, vegetable or otherwise: Use Compost! As I said in the post on Understanding Soil,... Continue Reading →
Day 9 of Garden Tribes' Boot Camp for novice gardens. Today it's all about soil--what it is, what it isn't, and how you make it work for you and your harvest. Before going any further you should know that if you are in a newly constructed house, the "material" surrounding the house may bear little resemblance to soil.... Continue Reading →
I'm running way behind on Garden Tribe's 21-Day Veggie Garden Boot Camp, so I'll try to catch up the next few days. Day 8 topic is Raised Beds--a subject dear to my heart, because I think you can make a garden look really stunning by adding different levels. Of course, beauty is not necessarily the point... Continue Reading →
Getting tired of this yet? Hope not, because today is only day 7 of Garden Tribe's 21-day Vegetable gardening Boot Camp. Today's topic is nice and simple, Container Gardening. I've written quite a few posts on container gardening, so you're probably all experts by now. Growing vegetables in containers is exactly the same process as... Continue Reading →
Its' Garden Tribe's Day 6 of 21 Day Boot Camp, and today we're going to draw out the "what" and "where" of your 2015 successful vegetable garden. This was a "square foot" garden, raised beds 4' square, so it was easy to draw. There's no trick to this, all you have to do is 1.... Continue Reading →
Day 5 of Garden Tribe's 21-day Boot Camp is sub-titled "Right Sizing for Success". Which incidentally I've already addressed in Veggie Garden Day 3. But since if you're anything like me you haven't actually started yet, let's just do a quick 3-point lesson: 1. No garden is "no-maintenance", so be realistic about how much time you can... Continue Reading →
We're continuing with Garden Tribe's 21-day Boot Camp for new edible-gardeners. Today's topic: When and How to Start. Some plants like to grow in cooler weather, some in scorching hot weather. Some like to be started indoors under fluorescent lights, some prefer to germinate right where they're going to grow. It's good to know which... Continue Reading →
Garden Tribe's "Boot Camp"--mini course on veggie gardening continues. So I'm continuing with my annotations. You can benefit from my signally pitiful failures. They say the key to success is learning from our failures, so I should be really successful. Oh, unless of course I didn't actually learn... Never mind, on with Day 3--Where to Plant. My... Continue Reading →
Continuing with Garden Tribe's 21 day mini course on vegetable gardening, day 2 is all about climate and micro-climate. My editorial comments: You of course know about climate. In coastal BC it's usually rain for 10 months (this year being the exception) and sun for 2 months. Not much snow, not much frost, but also... Continue Reading →
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