Tag Archive for: vegetables

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

July 22, 2017 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Dog days of summer are here. Tomatoes are ripening, zucchinis are looking like footballs and aphids are blanketing the vegetables and flowers. With no rain to help wash the pests off, what’s a gardener to do? In order to grow plants organically, the first step […]

Harvest Highlights – Part I – Vegetables

November 30, 2016 The bounty from our seven vegetable gardens was spectacular and, beginning mid-May and ending mid-November, we donated over 300 pounds of produce to the University District Food Bank. Thanks so much to experienced gardeners Sue Hartman and Nancy Helm, sluggers in the batting lineup with Team Mother Nature. Nancy filled our spare […]