Bare soil over a Pacific Northwest winter is basically a gift to the weeds. Here’s how to plant a cheap cover crop in late August or early September and spend six months improving your soil for free.
August isn’t just harvest season in the PNW. It’s the second seed-starting season most people skip entirely. Here’s what to sow now for fresh greens all fall and into winter, including why your cold-weather kale will taste way better than the stuff you grew in June.
Empty milk jugs and plastic bottles make surprisingly effective free cloches for fall seedlings. Here’s how to cut, vent, and anchor them, plus how they stack up against row cover for small patches.
First frost in Redmond usually shows up late October, but that doesn’t mean the garden has to be done. Wire hoops, a roll of row cover fabric, and some old bedsheets can buy you weeks of extra growing season for under $20.