Spring is in the air and officially here! (We still have ample snow on the ground on the front range but at least the calendar says it’s spring!) Gardeners are looking forward to another promising year of growing and it is time to work on the final plans for this Read more…
A single large garden space is not needed to produce an abundance of your favorite garden vegetables. Gardening with a variety of growing spaces can yield a bountiful harvest. Utilizing a combination of raised beds, whiskey barrels, container boxes, self-watering storage tubs and even 5 gallon buckets, when properly arranged Read more…
The first year for this site is now in the past. Before starting a new gardening year and moving forward with 2021, let’s take a look back at 2020. This website started last year, in the spring of 2020, with limited knowledge of what it took to manage a website. Read more…
It’s July and the harvest for 2020 is underway. Some good, very good and not so good stuff is being learned about companion planting and staggered sweetcorn planting. Once again, the garden and nature have a few surprises this year. Here are a few Lessons Learned to share. Not So Read more…
The 2020 first tomato harvest from our garden has occurred! On June 7th we picked six tomatoes. This year was one of the earlier dates for the “first pick” that we have had. I decided to do this year’s first pick of tomatoes when they were just a little greener Read more…
We have been installing home gardens at various locations for over 40 years. Over those many years of gardening, we have gone from simple pots and containers to traditional ground level gardens and finally to, what we think, is “The Ultimate Raised Bed Garden”. We created many vegetable gardens. Each Read more…
It is late May on the Front Range. Time to plant our vegetable garden. Every good project, starts with a plan. And planting a garden is very similar to executing a project. Now that I can dedicate more time to gardening, I am able to more effectively plan and implement Read more…
I set up my temporary raised bed greenhouse on April 6th this year. A little earlier than normal. But it was a beautiful spring day and the weather forecast had a string of nice days ahead. I use the raised bed temporary greenhouse to keep my early spring plantings frost Read more…
I grow my own transplants for final planting into my garden because I like to select and try a variety of cultivars. And seed variety is much greater than transplant variety at your neighborhood spring plant nursery. These seeds, grown into healthy transplants, need a consistent supply of moisture. When Read more…