Wow! Check out this email {and all the juicy photos I received from Holly in Harlem, New York! Hi Mavis! I have been reading your blog since late winter/early spring of this year and I just love it. My husband Max (I call him Massimo!) and I bought our apartment in Harlem in NYC last Read More >>
Pallet Gardening – An Abundance of Strawberries!
Last night after I watered the pallet garden I snapped a few pictures so you could see how it’s coming along. To be honest, I think I get more bang for my buck with the pallet garden in the spring and fall. Using the pallets to grow cool weather crops like lettuce is not only Read More >>
Pallet Gardening – Planting Swiss Chard
The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I worked in the pallet garden the other day placing new Ruby Red Swiss chard transplants from the greenhouse in to the pallet that used to be growing spinach. The Swiss chard was started in the greenhouse about a month ago and now that it’s starting to Read More >>
Wood Pallet Garden Pictures- Lettuce, Strawberries, Celery and Lettuce
Did you plant a wood pallet garden this year? How is it doing? I was planning on harvesting my romaine lettuce earlier this week but now I think I’ll just harvest it tomorrow and make a big Cesar salad to go with our Father’s Day BBQ. When I harvested the endive lettuce, I decided to Read More >>
Wood Pallet Garden – Planting Dried Beans
Lucy the garden dog and I worked in the wood pallet garden yesterday harvesting lettuce and re-planting the pallets with some cool seeds. The weather here in the Pacific Northwest has been gorgeous lately and I’m having a hard time staying inside. Especially with Lucy, she want’s to go outside all the time now and Read More >>