GOLDEN GAITS GARDEN BLOG "Golden Gaits Garden" was the blog we kept from 2009 through 2017, from the time we began gardening & raising ducks in Wellington until the time High Country Living went live in 2017. This blog had been hosted on "Bl ...
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 ...
2020 OUTDOOR GARDEN SEASON WEATHER PESTS HARVESTS THE 2020 OUTDOOR GARDEN SEASON is now wrapped up. Snow and below ...
CHOOSING THE GARDEN SITE As we began to plan our garden, the first thing we needed to do was to decide where to put it. Conventional thought suggests that gardens should be placed with full southern exposure. We also th ...
GROWING FOOD AT 9,000 FEET Our High Elevation Vegetable Garden, at just under 9,000 feet elevation*, was started in the Spring of 2017. While our focus here at HIGH COUNTRY LIVING will be growing food at HIGH ELEVAT ...
GROWING FOOD IN THE GREENHOUSE November 7, 2019The greenhouse at Good News Ranch has kept us supplied with year-round vegetables since 2017. During our winters the greenhouse provides us with lettuce, spinach, chard, bok choy, broccoli, caulif ...
RAISED BEDS Our raised garden beds are not necessarily crucial for "high-altitude" gardening, but are our choice. Our raised beds at 28" high are like a dream come true! It is such a joy to go out and work in the garden with the beds at this hei ...