Oregon Tree Hugger

I’m now hitting the end of all the cooler-weather produce, and warmer weather is (supposedly) here for good now. I’m taking the last of my spring produce and freezing it before it bolts in the warmer weather. The technique is simple — boil some water with a bit of salt in it, toss your cleaned [...]

So I have two "members" in my little CSA now who pick up weekly boxes. It’s helping to fund the garden for us to eat, which sort of helps me to mentally justify the expense of it all. (If you think about it, a small addition to the garden is allowing me to have enough [...]

The plants can’t seem to figure out what month it is, thanks to the weather. One day it’s hot and one of my broccoli plants bolted into pretty flowers, the next it’s cool and the radishes and cauliflower are happy but the melons keeled over and died. Click on any picture to see the gallery.