Lessons in the Dirt

This week hubby and I have been watching bits and snippets of the Olympics.   YouTube has short 5-6 min. video clips of highlights where you can peruse different sports, and the gold winners of each event.   We’ve watched…

Last night hubby and I took a walk around the neighborhood after dinner; and upon returning to the house, we decided to go check on the plum tree to see if the plums were getting ripe yet. I…

Hubby and I and our daughter were driving back home from central Washington after a delightful getaway for the July 4th holiday.   As we were nearing home we cruised past a strawberry farm where hubby and I had…

So  …  after a dismally cold, rainy May & June, our garden has finally reached “knee high.”    Of course, the phrase “Knee high by the 4th of July” is referring to corn:  if your corn is “knee high”…

Our bean seeds, zucchini seeds, and pumpkin seeds did not like the cold rainy May … at all!   But the raspberries loved it!   The raspberries have been growing like gangbusters!   Here you can see our raspberries.   They are…

Hubby and I have decided to try our hand at growing wheat!The natural response of everyone whom we have told is: "And why?? Don't you realize it's cold and rainy all the time in western Washington. Wheat won't…