Last year was my first official gardening season. As I journeyed through my first planting and harvests, I took some mental notes on lessons learned for this season. Here they are, in no particular order: 1. It really is so much fresher It seems like a given, but I was amazed at just how fresh… Continue reading 7 Lessons Learned My First Year of Gardening
Tag: Grow Camp
Great Growth Under Gray Skies
This past weekend brought copious amounts of much needed rain to our area. So much so, in fact, that we closed up the Grow Camp so it wouldn't get water logged with the rapid rainfall. Sadly, I didn't catch it in time for my microgreen trays. They were swamped. The rest of the garden looked… Continue reading Great Growth Under Gray Skies
Heirlooms and Chives, Oh My!
Time for a garden update! We're still flirting with a frost each night, so I've been covering up the Grow Camp and the herb garden most nights. Here's the latest: The "salad bowl" lettuce plants have been great. I can barely keep up with them! They have made some lovely salads and added the perfect… Continue reading Heirlooms and Chives, Oh My!
Meet Mr. Grow Camp
You're looking at the only way our family will ever have a garden in our deer-filled backyard. For several years, I had been eyeing the Grow Camp "Ultimate Vegetable Grower" in the Gardener's Supply Company catalog. It's a raised bed garden, with a built in structure and screening that keeps out critters both big and… Continue reading Meet Mr. Grow Camp
Clover and Thyme 