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Three posts that explain how I think about kitchen gardens
Kitchen Garden Planning Is the Hardest Part, Not the Gardening
The hardest part of a kitchen garden is not the watering or the soil. It is deciding what to grow, when, and what follows it. When a garden feels like too much, the problem is almost always a missing plan, not a missing effort. Here is how I think about planning a season so the daily work mostly takes care of itself.
How I Learned to Grow Food
In Germany, where I grew up, gardening was a school subject. We learned how to grow food every year, right alongside math and reading. When I moved to Seattle, I realized most people never learned this basic skill. That's the reason I started Palatino Garden Adventures.
3 Decisions That Make or Break Your Kitchen Garden
Most kitchen gardens don't fail from neglect. They fail because three decisions got made wrong before anything was planted. Not which seeds to buy or how often to water, but the decisions that determine whether your garden actually fits your kitchen, your schedule, and your climate. Get those right and everything else gets easier. Get them wrong and no amount of effort makes up for it. Here's what they are and how to get them right in the Pacific Northwest.
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Six Questions I Ask My Seattle Garden in October
A Seattle garden in October needs six questions, not a list of twenty jobs: what to do now, what comes next, and what to plant, feed, protect and harvest. Here are the answers from my own Phinney Ridge beds this week.
1 day ago6 min read
What to Plant in October in Seattle (and What's Already Too Late)
What to plant in October in Seattle is a short list: garlic, fava beans, a few winter greens, and the last fall transplants. Here is what still has time, how to plant it, and the crops that already missed the window this year.
Sep 295 min read
Cover Crops in Seattle: What to Sow Before October
Cover crops in Seattle come down to two decisions, which seed and how late you can get away with sowing it. Here is the window, the amount per raised bed, and how to cut it down without losing April.
Sep 156 min read
When to Fertilize Vegetables in Seattle, and When to Stop
When to fertilize vegetables in Seattle is really two questions, and almost nobody asks the second one. This is the feeding plan I promised: soil temperature, stop signals, and the September window.
Sep 115 min read
Accessible Raised Bed Gardening in Seattle: Build It Higher
Accessible raised bed gardening in Seattle starts with one number, how high the bed sits. Here is the waist-high bed I stood in front of in Germany this summer, why my own eight-inch beds are the reason my back complains most evenings, and the heights, reach distances, and path widths I use when a garden has to fit the body using it.
Aug 245 min read
The Seattle Drought Tolerant Plants That Needed Nothing
The Seattle drought tolerant plants in my beds got through a summer with no rain since May, and everything else only survived because I watered it daily. Here is the whole walk through my Phinney Ridge garden this week: bed A2 cleared and replanted on a grid for the first time, the kale that grew three feet and starved the beans behind it, an artichoke blooming for the very first time, nasturtiums buried under aphids, and the apples going to waste on sidewalks all over the ne
Aug 189 min read
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