21 July 2022 One of the joys of living in an old concrete block home in the country with occasional leaks in the basement has been the frog population. When my 8-bin worm farm lived downstairs in the coal room, the unfortunate fruit fly population boom increased the numbers of tiny “tree” frogs accordingly. ForContinueContinue reading “Frog in the Kitchen”
Author Archives: The Midnight Gardener
Winter Window-Garden….
Sixteen years ago, while we lived in Thailand, we could have had a garden almost year round, but we didn’t. There were so many pests to fight against, the worst which were inch-long fire ants, that our garden consisted of: Thailand Moss Rose Collection six or so colors of portulaca (moss rose) in pots, FallenContinueContinue reading “Winter Window-Garden….”
Foraging Spokane area wild onions
We were up in the Spokane area in the spring of 2022 for my youngest son’s graduation from Upper Columbia Academy. One of my friends from the years I attended the same high school lives nearby and we often stay with her family. On our previous visit to their place, I waxed poetic about perennialContinueContinue reading “Foraging Spokane area wild onions”
Good Food
If you’re like me, you want to feed your body well, you actually enjoy many healthy foods, but you struggle to eat that way consistently. Years ago I worked with a group of women to run annual plant-based cooking schools at Bend Adventist Church. Although I grew up vegetarian and I loved baking healthy breadsContinueContinue reading “Good Food”
Garden Story
All the best farms or gardens have a story. So what’s the story behind Grandpa’s Pasture Garden? Though Grandpa’s Pasture Garden as a market garden is just beginning, its story really started when Grandpa and Grandma Anliker bought an 80-acre parcel between Tumalo and Sisters in the late 1940s. He built the house my familyContinueContinue reading “Garden Story”
Critters
Curious about what’s living in Grandpa’s Pasture Garden? One of the joys of gardening is discovering that the garden has become a habitat for delightful critters like this frog I found out in Grandpa’s Pasture just yesterday (9/5/21). Some of the lengths of irrigation pipe need new gaskets. Since I haven’t gotten to that yet,ContinueContinue reading “Critters”
Quail on my mind….
I’m not sure how many quail families we have living with us on the acre we call home. My husband and I are college math professors, and covid, with the unavoidable remote-teaching learning curve, completely derailed our plans to clean up the brush piles on the property and get everything looking tidy. For two years (ok,ContinueContinue reading “Quail on my mind….”
Aphids…
(Disgusting bug alert!) I think I spoke too soon about a lack of aphids in my garden. To a man, their current favorite all-you-can-eat restaurant is this poor lupine plant. What they don’t know is that they’re about to become the main course instead of the other way around! I was tempted to knock themContinueContinue reading “Aphids…”
Tumalo Sundown
Friday, August 27, 2021 A Sabbath Blessing As the sun sets over Broken Top & the Three Sisters and Grandpa’s Pasture Garden grows dark, Sabbath rest settles over Central Oregon. Whoever you are, wherever you are, may God bless you over these coming hours with the rejuvenation and restoration for which He created Sabbath. AndContinueContinue reading “Tumalo Sundown”
Grandpa's Pasture Garden 