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Let it snow

Posted in Ramblings, Winter garden, tagged , on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We woke up this morning to about 4 inches of snow.  Here are a few photos from our beautiful, crisp winter day.

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Garden pests

Posted in Winter garden on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Our first garden that we planted this past spring was easy – almost zero pest problems.  Our biggest problem was keeping the tomatoes on steriods properly supported (which we were only somewhat effective at).  Then we decided to get all local and do a winter garden.
I think that all of our winter crops have suffered [...]

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Winter garden

Posted in Winter garden on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It was almost 70 degrees in Eugene yesterday and I took full advantage.  As promised, I took photos of the garden in the filtered morning sun.
Before planting our winter garden, I picked up a copy of Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades by Steve Solomon.  We grew the turnips, chard,  peas, beets, broccoli rabe, and [...]

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