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With the rain and cooler temps this past week, our pallet gardens have been growing like crazy! So far we have harvest 3 heads of endive lettuce. It’s a little bitter {that’s normal} but it sure is pretty to grow. Kind of artsy if you ask me. I think I’ll be replacing the endive beds Read More >>
Last night we had our first harvest from our pallet gardens. It seems the muggy, damp weather did wonders for the lettuce crops and now we are swimming in it. I still have no idea what kind of lettuce this is but it sure tasted good when I made a “big salad” last night for Read More >>
Oh no! Lucy and I noticed the baby slugs this morning when we went out to water the wood pallet garden. I know everyone has to eat, but come on! I’m not growing this lettuce for the slugs. The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird informed me we are hosting a pasta feed for her Read More >>
Yesterday I was hand watering the pallet gardens and snapped a few pictures so you could see how some of the vegetables are growing. Sadly everything in the garden has to be watered by hand because we have no drip irrigation or sprinklers set up. Luckily though we live in the Pacific Northwest and we typically Read More >>
If you are short on space, or don’t have the time to dig a proper garden, or just think pallet gardening might something fun to try, I have put together a Pallet Gardening 101: Creating a Pallet Garden guide this tells you what to look for in a pallet and how I set mine up. This year I have Read More >>
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