Tag: bed prep
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Bed Prep — An Easy Guide to Getting Your Garden Growing

A good friend reached out for some advice to get her garden beds ready. She had a disappointing year last year and was looking supercharge her soil by rototilling in some clover cover crop and adding manure. As I wrote out a reply to her, I thought that my cyber-universe friends might also appreciate some…
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April is the Perfect Time for…Just About Everything in the Garden

April Calendar for Willamette Valley, USDA Zone 8 During the sun breaks🌤, work on bed prep and clean-up. When it’s showering🌧, do indoor sowing of warm season crops. (Cucumber, squash, tomatoes, peppers, etc.) It’s still chilly, so don’t worry if you haven’t gotten your cool season outdoor sowing done yet. There’s still time to get…
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Bed Prep Guide Ready!

Willamette Valley Oregon, Zone 8b Wondering when to get started on your beds? Soon, but we need to wait for a some specific conditions. 🌧 If working outside in the pouring rain doesn’t sound good to you, listen to that! Your garden soil doesn’t want to be worked on when it’s saturated either. It needs…
