Raised Garden Boxes

Raised Garden Boxes

The weather this weekend was beautiful, with temperatures in the low 80’s here.  Perfect weather for working in the gardens.  Our vegetable garden sits atop a plateau, and is positioned above our orchard, which is planted on the slope below. A lot of our soil is...
Seeds and Sprouts 2010

Seeds and Sprouts 2010

It rained again yesterday, and it seems our weather is likely to be unsettled for at least the next week or so.  I’m sure nature is conspiring against us.  Every time we make plans in the garden…whoosh!  More rain.  Oh well, it’s not slowing us down...
Tomato Harvest

Tomato Harvest

The bulk of our heirloom tomato harvest is now in, albeit somewhat later than years past due in part to our own late planting, and cool summer temperatures.  Despite the loss of ‘Big Orange’ this year to blossom end rot, and the mysterious disappearances...
Demise of ‘Big Orange’

Demise of ‘Big Orange’

While the vegetable garden area is being prepped this year, we’ve been growing our tomatoes in pots on our front deck.  As there is a railing around this deck, it is one of the few places here where our plants are safe from browsing deer, at least until the deer...