Tag Archives: Garden

Gal in the Garden Series – Last week of May update.

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

We got a few more things done but there has been a lot of rain days and so things have been soaked enough that some things had to be put on hold.. Still things are getting done. This is part … Continue reading →

Gal in the Garden – Rock Garden, Working on the kitchen garden

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Well, its a been a good week in the gardens, we have had frost a couple times so plants are being taken out during the day and brought in for the evenings and or covered an things are still very … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Life moves on daily | Tagged backfill and leveling, Garden, Kitchen garden, Spring garden | 3 Comments

Gal in the Garden Series- Slow start to spring..

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

What a strange time it has been in the yard and gardens, we have had some really nice days that almost got to second digits. They say that we are going to get into the low teens this coming week.. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gal in the Garden Series, Garden | Tagged Gal in the Garden Series, Garden, Gooseberry bushes, high bush cranberry, preparing garden beds for spring, pruning in the gardens, rhubarb in the garden | 7 Comments

Pruning of the Plum Tree’s 2019

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Yesterday hubby and I put on snow shoes and headed out into the main part of the yard to try and get to our plum tree’s. They were in a way the fruit tree’s that need the least amount of … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Garden, Gardening in Canada, Growing your own food, homestead, Plum flower buds, Pruning Plum trees in the spring, Spring Pruning | 3 Comments

The Gal in the Garden Series 2019

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

This is the weekly overview of the gardens. I will still do detailed posts lots of different garden related subjects. I will bring them back and show cases them here on the weekly round-up. Happy first day of spring! 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, gardening, Goals | Tagged first day of spring, Garden, gomestead garden, Spring Gardening | 1 Comment

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming the Climate Challanges

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming the Climate Challenges Guest Post By Willowcreekfarm Part 5 of 5 This is our 5th and final post in this series. Click these links to read the previous posts. Introduction Overcoming the Terrain Overcoming Soil Challenges … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Garden | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Cold season Gardening, Garden, Gardening in a northern climate, Rain barrels in the garden, Season extenders in a garden, Seed saving for cold climate gardening, Willowcreekfarm | 2 Comments

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening : Overcoming Wildlife Challenges

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming Wildlife Challenges Guest Post by Willowcreekfarm Part 4 of 5 This is our 4th post in this series. Click these links to read the previous posts. Introduction Overcoming the Terrain Overcoming Soil Challenges Now we will … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Garden, homestead | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Fencing for gardening with deer, Garden, Gardening in a northern climate, Gardening in a short season under 80 days, homestead, Short season garden, Willowcreekfarm | 7 Comments

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming the Terrain

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

High-Altitude Cold-Climate Gardening: Overcoming the Terrain Guest Post by WillowcreekFarm Part 2 of 5. When gardening on steep, rocky mountainsides the terrain presents quite a challenge. Finding a flat space to build a garden is nearly impossible, and the few … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Garden, homestead | Tagged Cold Climate Gardening, Garden, Gardening in a short season under 80 days, Homesteading, Hoop houses in the garden, raised bed gardening, Sqaure Foot Gardening, Vertial Gardening, Willowcreekfarm | 6 Comments

Custom ordering pre-starts 2019

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Custom Ordering Pre-starts in 2019 Did you just go “what” LOL.. I have had a few folks look at me funny when I said I am thrilled to be working with a local greenhouse owner who is offering pre-starts. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged Custom ordering pre-starts, Garden, Have a plan in place in regards to early starting plants for the garden, Supporting your local greenhouse business | 8 Comments

Vertical Veggies and Fruits

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Creative Gardening Techniques for Grow up in small spaces Book Review I love this book! It gets a solid 5 out of 5 from me.. and I see that it has a solid 4.7 out of 5 on amazon.. there … Continue reading →