GROWING ZONES & MOUNTAIN CLIMATES
I DO AS MUCH RESEARCH AS I CAN before I plant the garden. I want to be successful! To do so I know I need to plant fruits and vegetables that will grow well in my climate. I also want to choose the specific varieties that should d ...
THE 2016 SIX-PACK HAS RETIRED
Coco & Whitey - the last two Our “Six-Pack” of ducks from 2016 is no longer with us. For various reasons, we have culled the flock one by one. Most of them were removed because they had stopped laying eggs, or laid only soft-shell eggs. We be ...
2019 FLOCK OF FIVE
Coco & Whitey, 2 Remaining Ducks The six ducks we’ve raised since August 2016 had dwindled down to two good layers, so we recently decided to get a flock of new ducklings to start raising while the two were still laying. As we awaited the arr ...
WHAT GROWS HERE & WHAT DOES NOT
This will now be my 3rd year gardening at 9,000 feet. After some trial and error, I've chosen only to grow the things that will grow well in the outdoor garden, and use my limited greenhouse space in the summer for a few favorites while saving some r ...
2018 GARDEN RECAP
This year everything started with a lot of excitement and ended with a crash. Literally. The garden had been going well and kept me busy all summer until my participation came to a halt on August 23 when I fell from my horse. My injuries kept me out ...
ORGANIZATION, PLANNING & RECORD KEEPING
I'm kind of a nut when it comes to organization and planning, and it may border on overkill. Sometimes I think I may spend more time with this than I do in the garden. I do most of this organization work during the winter when I have the extra time o ...
GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION
In the planning stages of building our house here we had always thought we would eventually build a greenhouse. At our former location in Wellington we had a small, non-heated greenhouse, which provided us with cold-tolerant things like spinach, kale ...
LIVING OFF THE LAND
Last night we had Venison Tenderloin for dinner, and boy was it good! One of the perks of living in the high country is being able to harvest food from our own land. In addition to the garden and ducks we keep for eggs, we are able to hunt g ...
2017 GARDEN IN REVIEW
The 2017 Garden Season has ended and winter is on its way. Building Our New Garden The garden is in "hibernation" for the winter. Overall, we were very pleased with the garden in our first year of growing vegetables at this elevation. We were ...