living simply and embracing imperfection
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Yep, you read that right- I’ve gotten my first ripe tomatoes and a couple of ripe mini peppers!! And only a couple weeks later than last year, which surprised me after our record-making spring.
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…n expert, but have planted this way for about 4 years now, and I have had great success. I’ll never go back to the other way.
This is the bed I’m going to plant this year- it’s about 9′x 20′. I rotate my beds (if you garden organically, it is one of the ways to keep pests and diseases down). Last year this grew corn, the year before, beans.
You can just see the bed in the top of the picture that…
Hello, friends! I’m excited today to share with you a reader’s garden- complete with before and after photos. This is part of the lovely email I received from Kelly:
After reading about your garden for a year now, and seeing all the produce and canning……I was finally inspired to try One More Time! I live up in Damascus, Oregon, lots of berry farms, cow pastures, and nursery growers all around, and every year I woul…
…corn) I’ve found. I like to have a few rows of these to get us into the corn season while the main crop is still growing.
*Brandywine & Pruden’s Purple Tomatoes. Can. not. live. without. these.
2. Nichols Garden Nursery. This is one of our local nurseries- just up the highway in Albany. They don’t have as big a selection as some, but I know their seeds and trials are tailored to my area. They have decent pri…
…something garden related that doesn’t go with the theme, it’s OK to link up. I’m not gonna call the TGP police!
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