Elli Gardens - And You Can, Too!

Elli’s newest additions to her 2010 vegetable, herb and flower garden.

Elli picks up seedlings for her 2010 garden.

Vancouver had a very mild winter this time around, so we had a few unexpected survivors. My pots of green onions that I hadn’t harvested completely last fall seem to have pulled through and then some!

Check out how Elli’s garden is growing as the summer gets underway.

Elli’s garden reaches for the sun as June reaches its midpoint.

Learn to cook fresh trout with simple garden items!

On Friday my man and his friend filled about 14 15″ black plastic gardening pots with beautiful compost soil from the bottom of a 15-year-old horse farm manure pile. The dirt is brown and lovely and rich and doesn’t smell nasty at all.
So yesterday I fulfilled my womanly duties by mixing the new soil with [...]

My new dirt has arrived! I’m filled with excitement at putting my plants into better soil and trepidation at the amount of work ahead.
What’s wrong with the dirt at hand? Well, after much discussion with my gardening friends, we’ve determined that the “garden soil” and “organic enhancement” I purchased to house my lovelies in [...]

I garden, and so can you! Welcome to my brand new blog completely dedicated to fun in the glorious dirt!