https://davidbach.net/wiki/ 2026-06-10T10:38:08+00:00 https://davidbach.net/wiki/ https://davidbach.net/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2024-12-28T23:34:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2015&rev=1735428850&do=diff 2015: the next year I've been waiting for So much was less than par in 2014 that early on I was saying, “Wait till next year!” So here it is and what am I going to do differently? As the rain dribbles down the gutter spout I contemplate weather that will allow typical planting, not delayed like last year. And I can already see that I'm able to focus on planning sooner rather than watching the latest downpour. I have the low tents and the hoop house already. text/html 2024-12-31T23:02:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2016&rev=1735686177&do=diff Got it down pat this year! I learned so much in previous years of gardening I was ready to hit the soil running with germination in the greenhouse, a full cycle of potting and hardening out followed by transplanting. And I was ready to stretch a bit and grow more plants and add some tools to my tool bucket. text/html 2025-01-05T17:57:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2017&rev=1736099829&do=diff 2017 More use of low tents and row covers. I added a low tent to the Garden to extend the growing season and to improve growing of heat-loving plants. Also, I increased the use of row covers to get a quicker start on the glowing season. Peppers text/html 2025-01-04T21:52:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2018&rev=1736027536&do=diff 2018 A recurring challenge At the farm I grow mostly cucurbits (summer and winter squash, pumpkins, and melons). In previous years I noticed that melons in particular would some of the time wilt and die before any fruit matured. I looked without success for causes and cures. There was a suggestion in one website that this can be caused by cucumber beetles who transmit a harmful bacterium to the plant's internal systems that slows down the flow of moisture and nutrients. The page included some … text/html 2025-01-04T20:54:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2019&rev=1736024042&do=diff 2019 At the Garden More cover crops Looking for crops that had more impact on the soil I tried tillage radish and some buckwheat More flowers More flowers, sunflowers, marigolds, poppies and chamomile Photo of Garden flowers Dale's dahlias Dale enlarged the section of dahlias. We talked about his gardening part of the Fall City Garden. text/html 2025-01-06T00:24:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2020&rev=1736123077&do=diff 2020 At the Farm Moving out! Damage from the farm animals and signs that these residents weren't going away led me to move all my gardening to the Fall City Garden downtown. I told the owners of the Farm property that I was discontinuing my work there. text/html 2025-01-04T20:55:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2021&rev=1736024152&do=diff 2021 At the Garden Winter gardening I experimented at the end of 2020 in a way that I hadn't expected. I wanted to decide if any crop was effectively grown in the hoop house during the winter. I chose an easy trial - lettuces and spinach. I expected these would grow, but that it would be a very slow process from seeding to harvest. The hoop house remained closed and the growing areas blanketed in row cover. I did everything I knew of to maintain warmth.. text/html 2025-01-06T00:35:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2022-23&rev=1736123739&do=diff 2022 Grape plants My very first gardening effort was transplanting the grape  plants I had rooted in Snoqualmie. The slow growth of these normally vigorous plants was disconcerting - grape plants aren't generally sensitive to the quality of the soil. Eventually by mid-July the first buds appeared. text/html 2025-01-02T18:34:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2022&rev=1735842891&do=diff 2022-23 text/html 2025-11-24T00:23:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2024&rev=1763943784&do=diff 2024 Everything is new: New location, different growing season, different soil! Native soil Early views of the 5 acres of grasses ranging from wetland to buffer varieties appeared to be amenable to finding a relatively small garden plot for vegetables, though we imagined some challenges. While we were still living in the trailer we attempted to grow tomatoes and pole beans in the native soil. The results were disappointing - early summer didn't provide enough heat to satisfy tomatoes and both… text/html 2025-11-24T00:24:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2025&rev=1763943847&do=diff 2025 Everything is new: New location, different growing season, different soil! Raised bed gardening Supported by his initial experience we decided to grow in raised beds with imported soil. We built a Hugelkultur base (wood and organic material) covered with a local product from municipal waste from the City of Tacoma called Tagro, said to be safe and perfect or growing vegetables, and flowers, too. text/html 2026-01-15T18:27:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:2025new&rev=1768501656&do=diff Updates for 2025 I have updated a few previously covered topics with new insights, but most of these reflect new information gained in this unfamiliar environment. * Updates and new posts for 2025 * 2025 in a new location * Irrigation by hand * Fences and cages * Soil or pseudo soil? * Special handling for heat-loving plants * History-data logging * Planting outdoors * Training grape vines * Pruining grape vines * Raspberries * Pruning Raspberries text/html 2025-11-24T00:23:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:gallery&rev=1763943808&do=diff 2025 photos Here are some photos of gardening in 2024. [Array][Array][Array][Array][Array][Array][Array][Array][Array] text/html 2025-01-03T23:51:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:intro&rev=1735948262&do=diff Gardening wiki I don't intend this wiki to reflect the complete knowledge about gardening. It's not “all you ever wanted to know” about gardening. The ocean of knowledge about gardening is deep and wide and I know my understanding and experience are limited. text/html 2014-09-17T23:48:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:notes&rev=1410997718&do=diff Sample code for Note plugin A post-it note Following is a warning note ;-) A light-bulb note A beware / warning note text/html 2019-01-09T19:35:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:philosophy&rev=1547062505&do=diff Gardening philosophy Mentors I attempt to emulate gardeners who have a consistent success growing healthy organic vegetables over a period of time - and who have revealed the factors of their success. My primary mentor is Steve Solomon, founder of Territorial Seed, via the later editions of his book text/html 2025-12-29T18:05:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:sidebar&rev=1767031548&do=diff Introduction * Home * Philosophy * About our gardens * Updates and new posts or 2025 * Gardening wiki * The next year (2015) * 2016 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2020 * 2021 * 2022-23 * 2024 * 2025 * gallery text/html 2025-12-29T17:58:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://davidbach.net/wiki/doku.php?id=garden:intro:soil&rev=1767031082&do=diff Soil Without soil where would an organic gardener be? Only in the soil do we have the opportunity to provide the full range of nutrients, organic matter, fungi, bacteria and micro-organisms that make healthy vegetables. Articles in this topic relate to the physical composition of soil and to the indefinable quality of fertility.