Those grocery store herb bundles can give you free plants if you know what to do with them. Basil, mint, and oregano all root in a glass of water in under two weeks. Here’s the low-effort process that actually works.
Killed a zucchini my first year. That’s where we’re starting. Here’s what actually matters when you’re new to vegetable gardening and living in the Pacific Northwest.
March strawberry beds look rough, but they’re usually fine. Here’s how to clean them up, feed them right, and get out of the way before June fruit sets in.
I lost a whole flat of tomato seedlings to hardening off once. Not to frost, not to slugs, just to one overconfident afternoon in April. Here’s how to do it right, cheap, with whatever you already have in the garage.
February in Redmond feels like the wrong time to be planting anything. But zone 8b soil temps say otherwise. Here’s what actually goes in the ground right now, and why waiting for spring is leaving food on the table.
February feels too early to start seeds, but for broccoli and cabbage it’s exactly right. Here’s how to get brassicas going indoors in the Pacific Northwest without spending much or messing up the timing.
January catalogs are dangerous if you don’t have a plan. Here’s how to figure out what to actually order before the glossy photos talk you into six kinds of squash you don’t need.
Peppers need 10 to 14 weeks indoors before transplant, which means starting them now in January if you’re in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s how to get a solid cheap grow light setup going without spending more than you have to.
December in Redmond is the best time to plan next year’s vegetable garden, before seed catalogs sell out and February sneaks up on you. Here’s how to map your beds, decide what to start from seed, and actually set yourself up for a better 2026 harvest.
Losing a whole flat of spinach to a surprise freeze will change your priorities fast. Here’s how to protect your greens through a PNW winter without spending much at all, using row cover, scrap-wood cold frames, and old milk jugs.
Leaving garden beds bare over winter is a slow way to wreck the soil you spent all season building. Cover crops fix that for almost nothing. Here’s what works in zone 8b and how to get it in the ground this month.
July in Redmond means bolting lettuce and a garden full of regret. Here’s what’s actually thriving in the heat right now, plus what you can still direct sow this month to get something out of the rest of summer.