Homesteading | The Urban Hearth

Our Backyard Raised Vegetable Garden

Posted on May 18, 2015 by LeolaApril 28, 2017

Did you know when you move to a new home, it’s best to wait about a year before you plan where to put your garden? Yep! It’s true. Lots of garden experts recommend waiting, if you can. 😉 Think about it for a minute. You need to make sure your garden gets enough sun, right? Because the sun’s patterns change daily and seasonally, you need to be certain the area you choose for your garden plot will have the right amount of sun. I waited 9 months. It about killed me… Fortunately, I did some container gardening on my … Continue reading →

Gardening, Harvesting and Foraging

Posted on October 9, 2012 by LeolaOctober 23, 2012

If you’ve been following my gardening efforts at all, you have read how I turned my backyard flowerbed into a raised garden this year. Here is the update I wrote about two months later. Above is a picture of how it looked about three weeks ago. It seemed to explode almost overnight! We have had a wonderful late summer/early fall here in the Pacific Northwest. Little to no rain for 80+ days! That means we have had an extended harvest, for which I am very grateful because I got started so late in the spring. Here, let me share what we … Continue reading →