Last year I wrote about making a watering chart and how I refer to areas on my acre so that I know what I’m talking about. This year, I thought I’d explain my thinking on organizing the chart according to watering zones and/or methods. From May to September, a constant eye has to be kept [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionFlying Glass at 5 Palms Restaurant in Maui
You can learn all kinds of things in resort hot tubs. Perfect strangers exchange information on everything from their latest injuries to where the best restaurants are. It was in a hot tub that we learned about the 5 Palms Restaurant in south Kihei on Maui. Back in our condo, the job of looking up [...]
Why I Gave Last Year’s Garden Carrots to the Chickens
I didn’t harvest half of last year’s carrots. It was probably a combination of going on a special trip in the fall for our 30th anniversary and interplanting the carrots too closely under the tomatoes. The trip just cut into the gardening activity in general. The interplanting of the carrots too closely with the tomatoes [...]
Watching the Weather for Planting Out Frost Sensitive Plants in Southwest Idaho
Sometimes, watching the weather report feels like a full time job. Especially in the spring, when I am trying to harden off my seedlings and decide when to plant them permanently out in the garden. But, on the other hand, I totally appreciate the benefits of modern weather forecasting. It may be that the long [...]
Planting Peppers in Patio Pots with an Eye Toward Fall Freezing
Most years, I think “I will make sure to dig up a couple of pepper plants in the fall and bring them into the greenhouse just before the first frost comes.” One year, I actually did get around to transplanting one, but since I had to take a lot of garden soil with it, it [...]
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