Category Archives: gardening

Over the last week or so, our location has received precipitation. Usually short bursts, plus two longer ones, and local Nature is responding quickly. The tomato plants that had flowered before mid-July, and largely went dormant protected under curtain sheers … Continue reading →

We begin with beauty, which Nature is always abundantly revealing. Here at 7800 ft. altitude, the season has shifted from the scorching heat of climate change experienced everywhere to something more accommodating to plants, animals, and people. Sun is waning, … Continue reading →

In a space approximately 3 x 2 ft, in a 5 x 3 raised bed that is crowded full, about five pounds of beautiful potatoes were harvested. The space pictured was 2/5ths red clover for tea and nitrogen fixing, and … Continue reading →

Any outdoor activity in any part of the world right now includes heat, unprecedented heat; even in the southern hemisphere where it should be winter. Gardening is certainly an outdoor activity, dependent upon beings and weather conditions  only found outdoors. … Continue reading →

So far, what has gone well? Most seeds sprouted in seed snails did well. The tomato plants, however, have not been happy (left photo). They were seeded in the same peat-free medium, same lights, trays, watering. I have started potting … Continue reading →