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The Rosarian’s January

The holidays have passed again, although we still have all our decorations up! I have been waiting for the batteries in the garlands to finish up and then we’ll be putting everything away. I love it when Bob builds a fire in the wood stove each evening with the tree twinkling and the candles on ...

Growing Cucumbers Vertically

, caThe “I grew my cucumbers vertically up a cattle fence panel and I’ve never had such a huge harvest,” my brother mentioned to me during our Thanksgiving catch-up phone call. Craig is an enthusiastic gardener living in South Dakota. A transplant to the West, he’s getting accustomed to the conditions that summer gardening in ...

The End of the Growing Season in the Rose Garden

Ever since the beginning of September, I have been letting my roses run wild! The sun has been moving farther and farther to the south and the roses have been reaching for the light. I have cut some spectacular roses for the house and for friends over the last couple of months, but I haven’t ...

Rocking October Roses!

October is a slow month for working in the rose garden. We stopped deadheading in the beginning of September and set our roses free for October roses! This way, if they can make hips (seed pockets) if they will and if not, the ends of the stems will die back. All summer long, we deadhead ...

DIY Shiitake Mushroom Logs—Harvest!

I dedicated four posts in early spring based on a do-it-yourself DIY log-grown mushroom class. This harvest-related update is built on upon those four posts: Start: Phase 1, Substrate Acquisition Phase 2, Inoculation Phase 3, Spawn Run Finish: Phase 4, Production Did I Harvest? Yes! Round about early June I noticed one small pancake-sized shiitake ...

Spring to Summer Succession Planting

The transition of spring transitioning into summer is a terrific time to implement your plan for succession planting. This is the strategy of removing one plant or crop and replanting another plant or crop in that space. It’s typically something we think about for the fall crops, but spring into summer is just as good ...

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