Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Garden on Mar 25th, 2009
We have watched a lot of NCAA basketball the last week, but we have also spent a lot of time in the yard. After planting the 11 fruit trees, we decided to tear up more grass and plant about a dozen blueberries. When he wasn’t watching basketball last weekend, Matt was shoveling away sod to [...]
Posted in Garden, Markets & farms on Mar 11th, 2009
All eleven fruit trees arrived within a couple days late last week, so we have been digging a lot since last weekend. So far, we have seven of them planted - with two pears and two cherries left to plant. The Danube cherry and Mirabelle plum were purchased from Raintree and the rest were purchased [...]
Posted in Garden on Feb 22nd, 2009
It has been a busy week in the garden. The sun came out for a few days and inspired us to get outside. I am most excited about my Christmas present that Matt finished yesterday - my very own cold frame. It’s a perfect place for our newly started seeds to go before they are [...]
After learning about bees in last week’s Master Gardener class, I was inspired to create a home for mason bees. We are considering keeping honey bees as well, but that takes a bit more of a commitment than putting up a little house on an east wall.
Part of the motivation for the bees is our [...]
