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Recently, I received a nice email from Emilie in Quebec: “For this summer, I think about having lettuce, strawberries and tomatoes. (is it too much? I have class all summer too so I’ll have maybe 2-4 hours a day to give to gardening.) I know that I’m too late for most of the seeding process, but I don’t Read More >>
Things are really starting to heat up in the greenhouse… Remember when I planted the strawberries in gutters? Well, when I planted the strawberries, I was under the impression {from the Greenhouse Guy} that I would only need to water the strawberries two or three times during the summer. Boy was I {he} wrong. I’m Read More >>
I’m a bit worried. I think this might be a low yield year for the raspberries. I hope I’m wrong, but there doesn’t seem to be nearly as much new growth this year as there was last year. Do raspberries have off seasons? Does anyone know? The blueberries on the other hand are looking plentiful. Read More >>
Things are really starting to heat up in the greenhouse. Yesterday it reached 76 degrees inside. Wowza! I need to buy a few lawn chairs and then I’ll be able to rent it out as a sauna. I think the Butter Crunch lettuce only has about a week left until it’s time to pick, and Read More >>
The weather here in Seattle has been a wee bit wet the last few days. With no signs of letting up, I’ve decided to tackle a few greenhouse projects this weekend rather than brave the rain. This is all subject to change of course if we get an hour or two of sunshine. I’m on Read More >>
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