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
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It’s been almost two months since I planted my flowerbed turned vegetable garden and I thought it was about time for an update so you could see how it’s growing. It’s doing just okay because we have experienced a wetter than normal summer so far, and I have struggled with slugs. Ugh! They have munched on my butternut squash, cucumbers and zucchini. I was able to save the zucchini, but had to replant the butternut squash and cucumbers. Since the second plantings came so late in the season, I am not sure I will be receiving much produce from them. … Continue reading