In the spring of 2012, we started expanding our vegetable garden from the back yard to the front. The front yard is sheltered and receives more sun than our back yard, (except for one shadow-casting tree) so it made … Continue reading
Garden Washing Sink
This is one of my favorite garden projects made from recycled materials. It is so handy to have a tabletop workspace, a place to clean veggies before taking them to the kitchen, and it even recycles water back into the … Continue reading
Easy Sturdy Trellis
Check out your local ReStore for buiding materials that can be used in the garden. I found these 2 metal fence posts and piece of concrete re-enforment wire, which I used for a pea trellis. Hammer the posts 2′ into … Continue reading
Planting Strawberry Seedlings
I added a Strawberry bed to the front yard vegetable garden last week. The new plants were so small, I decided to use take-out chopsticks to mark their placement. With the chopstick markers, I was able to apply … Continue reading
Pitt Meadows ~ Part 4
The food that our backyard garden produced was phenominal. I was continually amazed at the amount of vegetables harvested from this small space. Here is a picture of the backyard’s southwest corner in 2005 “before“. … and a photo of … Continue reading