Winter Harvest – Leeks

Work on the garden continues – it’s that time of year … but progress at this point is not something worth a photograph. Preparations are being made for putting the hoop greenhouse up … but it’s not time yet. Meanwhile, these tulips had escaped their bed and were sacrificed for placement in the kitchen.

The tulips have just begun to come out. The yellow ones come out first … and this is the first bloom. Deer love the flowers – these are behind a fence. The grape hyacinths are coming out – if indeed these are grape hyacinths. They were not planted; the act as wildflowers … but here…

The frame at least … Feels like an IKEA jigsaw puzzle but without instructions.Putting the first two frame elements together was the most difficult part: Attach 2 Part 1s together with 1 part 2. Attach Part 3 -which almost looks like Part 4 to the left side; attach Part 4 – not Part 3 –…

Home is on the top of a hill covered with sagebrush and other assorted growth. The soil – if it could be called that – is mostly compacted sand. Some of the area was composted before I moved here but I plan to use fresh soil in the new greenhouse. First, the brush needs to…

Last fall, I set up some experimental “greenhouses” to see if I could grow some greens over a cold Idaho winter. I had bought some portable planters last summer and rigged them up with hoops to support some heavy semi-clear plastic covers. The covers were held in place with carpenter’s clamps. I picked up 3…

When the daffodils are in full bloom, it must be springNot that it means there may not be more snow …