Squash Patch: New for 2024 As it may be obvious, this website hasn't been updated in quite some time. I tend to do updates in the fall & winter, when I have new ideas or information, particularly regarding the vegetables I grow. Here's a few hig ...
It’s the first part of May here in the Rockies, the weather is warming up, and it seems like time to get out planting! Note the key words, “seems like.” It sure does seem like it should be the right time, but it just isn’t. The weather is so unpredic ...
We used to have a couple of blogs prior to this website, which were hosted on Blogger. One, "Golden Gaits Garden", was started at our former home in Wellington (2009) when we began growing vegetables & ...
To say we've been "hamming it up" doesn't mean we've just been goofy. We've been hamming on the radio, adding to our collection of ham radio equipment, adding to our collection of amateur radio operator friends, adding to our collection of amateu ...
The GARDEN SUMMER of 2021 was fabulous. Great weather, abundant harvests & no rodents made it a hit in my book. This year the pasture grasses stayed greener longer, the wildflowers flourished, and there were a good deal more ladybugs in the garde ...
We have recently become Ham Radio Operators, working from our shack here at home. Now that we are off-grid, Tim got to thinking that hams can be very helpful with communications during emergency situations such as wildfires or winter storms. When ...
THIS IS OUR NEW LOOK IN 2021!Tim was busy this winter putting in our solar power system, which has been a great addition to our home. The system now fully powers our house, so from now on out we are not dependent on the grid.After a ...
It's the end of February, and despite the winter cold, the garden is not far from my mind. The greenhouse has been keeping us supplied with veggies all winter, in addition to what was stored from the 2020 summer garden outdoors. OUTDOOR GARDEN GrowVe ...
WHICH IS IT? There are many websites and publications that discuss things like gardening or cooking at high elevation or high altitude. Often it seems like the words “elevation” or “altitude” are used arbitrarily and interchangeably. It is certai ...
I'm learning that EVERY YEAR IS DIFFERENT, especially at high elevation. Gardens here present more challenges than those at lower elevation: variable and cold weather, short seasons, new pests & old ones, personal health issues, as well as other ...