Happy Sunday everyone, how is the weather where you are? This past week has been spectacular up here in the Pacific Northwest and as a result our backyard garden is really starting to take off. The potatoes we planted a few weeks ago are starting to pop through the soil {second garden box from the Read More >>
Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Pictures 4/6/14
The ground was still a wee bit wet this morning when I snapped a few pictures of our garden, and by the looks of the sky right now we might get a little more rain here in a bit. But I’m not complaining {not today anyways} because we finally have some GREEN in those garden Read More >>
Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Pictures 3/30/14
This past week has been a soggy one in our garden and there is no sign of letting up either. In fact, I think we actually hit a record for rainfall around here in Western Washington for the month of March. Everything is drenched! But the vegetables are still growing. Slowly. Our poppies and rhubarb Read More >>
Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Pictures 3/23/14
Well hello there. How has the weather been at your place this past week? It’s been unusually nice in my neck of the woods. So nice in fact I was actually able to get quite a bit done in the garden beds this past week. For starters, I transplanted some a few carrots from one Read More >>
Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Pictures 3/16/14
Now that it’s finally starting to look like spring around here {bulbs are blooming and buds on all the trees are beginning to pop like crazy} I thought I would start posting a few pictures of what my backyard garden looks like every week again like I did last year. Over the winter I reduced Read More >>