It’s spring! It’s WET spring. May has been a rollercoaster of cool temps and thunderstorms and heat waves. Today is June 1, and it has rained enough that we haven’t needed to water our little seedlings to get them sprouting. The plants we started indoors have had an easy time…
The winter of 2019 was one giant snow dump. It didn’t fully melt off until June…we still had a pile hanging out near the driveway. When my family came up to visit for our annual Memorial Day get together/sister’s birthday/forced work party, we were about two weeks behind. It was…
It’s winter of 2018, and the seed catalogs are starting to arrive. We expanded the garden in May of 2018 with the help of my awesome family, so we have room for a few more fruit trees. We had wanted some apple trees that were specifically for cider making, so…
When we think about peaches, I think we all remember our favorite song..the one about ripe peaches growing in the shady forest? Biting into a peach wearing a summery outfit of brown Carhartt bibs and a puffy jacket? Maybe that’s just me. But also when I think about peaches, I…
Spring of 2018 has been ideal growing conditions (for McCall)! After the snow finally melted off we had a few weeks of sun to plant, and now we’ve had rainshowers nearly every day. It’s really saved me a lot of time handwatering! Last winter was the first year we kept…
The long cold winter in McCall is a dangerous time for the home gardener. The snow covers the ground for at least five months, sometimes more. There is only so much planning and seed shopping you can do, and then…you may find yourself with interesting new hobbies. Winter 2014/15 We…