Winter Harvest – Leeks

… it just feels nothing happens except more work. Still not ready to assemble the greenhouse; still need tractor work. Still need a tractor.

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 …

A miracle occurred today … SO actually helped a bit. 2 yards of topsoil in the bed of a pickup … and he shoveled (most of) it out for me. This being a bit of it; more on the other side of the truck. This goes along with another 2 yards dumped earlier. This dirt…

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…