Garden – Page 2 – West Coast Notebook

Eat Your Vegetables

You always hear the saying... eat your vegetables and on some level you know they are good for you. And today I finally realized why it was important to eat your veggies. First, let me say I...

Raised Garden Bed Tour – July 4

Today was a perfect day to do a raised garden bed tour as well as a tour of the flower garden. I did a garden tour last year (which you can find here). This video is a little shorter than last...

Last Year’s Garden – What Worked and What Didn’t

I've finished planting my garden, deciding where veggies should go in what raised bed based on crop rotation and this year I'm even taking into account what plants grow better with others (companion...

My Backyard Has Gone To The Birds

I have been wildlife gardening in my backyard without even know it. The definition of wildlife gardening according to Wikipedia - "A wildlife garden is an environment created by a gardener that...

What Does One Do With 42 Pounds Of Zucchini?

Talk about an excess of zucchini! What does one do with 42 pounds of it? Short of trying to give it away to everyone I know and a stranger I met on the street, I was still left with 42 lbs. My...

Garden Explosion

It appears that come July there is a garden explosion! In June I was lamenting the state of the garden thinking that I'd planted too little, too late and not enough in between. Whereas in fact,...