Jen got a little too eager for fresh peas and picked these pods well before they were ready. Despite their early separation from the vine, they were still sweet and tasty. And the pods were equally delicious!
So far, our garden is doing quite well this year. Our first crop of lettuce, which we grew from [...]

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As you can see, last weekend’s project was to spruce up the front yard for this weekend’s double-birthday celebrations. (Quiz: Can you name both people whose birthdays we will be celebrating this weekend? The answer can be easily found in the archives.) I am not a big fan of bark. In the past (and in [...]

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This year’s first harvest is a bunch of fresh, tender lettuce leaves. And for the record, we should have started harvesting it at least a week ago! In the past, we’ve always tried growing our salad greens from seed, and for whatever reason (soil? sunlight? variety?) we just have not had great luck. So this [...]

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Any gardeners out there? We grow a modest garden each year, and regular readers of this blog know that each year, our garden plays a central role in our summer blogging activity. This year shall be no different. Our 2008 garden will consist of: tomatoes (2 cherry, 4 regular), beans (3 poles), peas (4-6 plants), [...]

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A week after our surprise spring snowstorm, it’s really looking like spring.

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Does the saying, “April showers bring May flowers,” apply to snow showers?
The weather around here (Eugene, OR) just gets weirder and weirder. It was predicted in the newspaper, but I had absolutely zero faith that we would see snow this morning — at least not down where we live. But sure enough, when Evan got [...]

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Anytime it snows for more than, say, three hours in Eugene, it’s considered “real” snow. But today, it snowed continuously for at least 8 hours! And that has to be some kind of record, right? Ok, perhaps not. But given that we typically only get snow in the Southern Willamette Valley just once, maybe twice [...]

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As previously alluded to, here are the fruits of our labor over three (very hot!) weekends. It’s Evan’s first sandbox!
Evan’s first sandbox
Jen gave me a choice: she could go buy another GPOPC*, or I could build Evan a sandbox. As we have enough of the former for my taste, I chose the hard labor route. [...]

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Need I say more?

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That dahlia photo just has summer written all over it. And here in the Willamette Valley we are definitely into summer! It was downright HOT this weekend! Despite the heat, I put in several hours working outside this weekend on a project that will soon make an appearance on this blog. But, as the photos [...]

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