I have thought about planting a small container garden a few times since RVing fulltime. This year, I decided to go for it. The growing season here is 240 days, which means you can start early and go late, which is quite a motivation. When I say small, I really do mean small. After a…
I would like to say that these photos show MY garden, but no. They are the veggies at the Denver Botanic Garden. I took these photos for my veggie gardening friends. Their veggies were planted in differently shaped blocks and they had some great trellising ideas. The photos are not great…just took them for ideas!
Dear Gentle and Patient Garden, Surprise! I got out a little earlier than I promised. I knew today would be rainy so I did as much as I could yesterday late afternoon. Do you love all the work I did, including cleaning out the rest of the flower beds and fertilizing all the perennials? You…
One way to increase yields is to grow upwards. The newest buzzword for this is vertical gardening. We used to trellis things. Over the past few years I have been trying some new trellising ideas. This year I am into it even more since it really packs stuff into smaller spaces (that darn drought again)…
The photo below shows how I solved three different problems. The first problem was: how to keep my trellis’ from blowing over to Nebraska. Last year I played around a bit with tent stakes and cinder blocks. This year, using the same materials I may have perfected a way to keep a trellis in place…
It is a bitter cold day here in Wheatland, WY. Yesterday temps were in the MID-80s! Now we have sharp, cold wind that brought in a thimble full of moisture. Snow is in the forecast–lets hope we get some as it is bone dry here. Winter wheat farmers and cattle producers need the rain/snow that…