Peas follow Corn in my Garden For Two Reasons…

With summer winding down and fall right on our doorstep, there are a multitude of garden chores that need to be done around our homestead.  It feels a little overwhelming, at times, with our large garden.  In fact, it often feels like the work is never done.  Living in Central California, where our mild winters

The Top 9 Things I Learned From My Garden This Year

One of my favorite experiences, this year,  has been creating a large backyard garden, nurturing it, and watching it grow. Now that it’s nearing winter, and there’s not much to do out there, I thought I’d take a moment and reflect back on the year and all of the things I learned from it.   Here

Summertime Succession Sowing

The key to summer planting, I’ve discovered,  is “little and often.”  As one crop comes out, another takes its place as successional sowing kicks into high gear this time of year.  When I pull out a cabbage, in goes the seed of a summer squash or cucumber; when I pull out a pea plant, in