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DIY Seed Packets

by Kristen | Apr 10, 2015 | LB Tutorial: Growing Food

If you are coming over from the post Planting a Legacy welcome! Thanks for coming by. Susan Calhoun, of Plantswoman Design, hand drew art for your seed packets! Make a few seed packets to share seeds with or give seeds as a gift. First print out the PWD Seed Packet...

Planting a Legacy

by Susan | Apr 10, 2015 | LB Tutorial: Growing Food

“Planting a Legacy” may be a strange name maybe for a post about seed packets for the kids but… maybe not. Many of my clients want suggestions for how to encourage kids and grandkids to have an interest in gardening. There is a huge decline in the number of students...

Garlic: When to Plant

by Susan | Oct 22, 2014 | LB Tutorial: Growing Food

Here in the PNW we don’t really have to plant garlic in the fall. There are fanatics that say ‘have to’ and other that say 'no big deal'. I even read a article from Gardeners World from England about the controversy of planting garlic in the fall. The general...

Pumpkin Check-up

by Kristen | Aug 13, 2014 | Community Gardens, LB Tutorial: Growing Food

At the beginning of August we talked about hand pollinating pumpkins (you can read about it HERE). You might remember I had one little problem when I went out to make baby pumpkins. I only had male flowers and didn't see any female flowers. After a few days of...

Little Bytes: Hand Pollinating Pumpkins #1

by Kristen | Aug 1, 2014 | LB Tutorial: Growing Food, Little Bytes

You may remember that the kids and I planted pumpkins this past spring and I'm happy to report we've had some success. Here are three of our pumpkins growing over at the Albany Park community garden. They are pretty happy and seem to be making their way behind the...

Little Bytes: Herb Butter

by Susan | Jul 23, 2014 | LB Tutorial: Growing Food

Are you ready to harvest some herbs? By now the herbs we started in the spring should be growing strongly and have good depth of flavor. Today let's use them in a very simple way... herb butter! You can find herb butter in many restaurants across the nation used on...

Little Bytes: Beans

by Susan | Jul 11, 2014 | LB Tutorial: Growing Food, Little Bytes

Today we are going to plant beans in the lettuce pot. Jen's lettuce and spinach did really well but now they are tall and straggly. The leaves no longer are mild and sweet but are starting to get bitter. We pulled them out and broke up the soil to prepare it for...

Little Bytes: Lettuce Container Round 2

by Kristen | Apr 30, 2014 | garden food, LB Tutorial: Growing Food, Little Bytes

Hello everyone, Kristen here with our completed lettuce container. We had one of those perfect moments when the stars aligned and weather cleared giving us about an hour or so to get out and play in the dirt. If you missed our previous post with the instructions...

Little Bytes – Lettuce Container

by Susan | Apr 18, 2014 | garden food, LB Tutorial: Growing Food, Little Bytes, Plantswoman Design

After last week’s post ‘Spring Yes, Spring’ it is time to get the lettuce in the containers. We are going to plant a mixed container with lettuce and spinach leaving room to plant green beans in just a few weeks. *For more information about making your own lettuce mix...

Little Bytes – Let’s Plant Some Lettuce

by Susan | Apr 16, 2014 | garden food, LB Tutorial: Growing Food, Little Bytes, Plantswoman Design

Its almost time. Earth is warming, sun is shinning and now I can stop pacing in front of the window and start planning, purchasing, and planting. Lettuce is one of the first things of the season you can plant. There are some fun ways to start planting with...