The Driveway Garden

The Driveway Garden Formerly PDX Garden Home. I’m gardening on a small driveway garden in Portland, Oregon, in the maritime climate of the Pacific Northwest.

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Those two spots are where I've watched paint chip and wear off every time, so that's where the prep actually matters. 🎨 ...
08/12/2026

Those two spots are where I've watched paint chip and wear off every time, so that's where the prep actually matters. 🎨

Even in spring it bolted before I could get anything off it. Trying again for fall anyway, because apparently I don't le...
08/12/2026

Even in spring it bolted before I could get anything off it. Trying again for fall anyway, because apparently I don't learn. 🥬

08/12/2026

Seedling stems at this stage are genuinely fragile, so I never handle the plant itself. The plug goes in the indentation and then I firm it by pressing the soil around it, not the stem. Small habit, big difference in how many transplants survive. 🌱

Most of my peppers I pick green, but Jimmy Nardellos I leave on the vine until they go red — that's when they're sweet. ...
08/12/2026

Most of my peppers I pick green, but Jimmy Nardellos I leave on the vine until they go red — that's when they're sweet. 🌶️ Patience pays in sugar.

Multi-sowing isn't planting backups — it's planting a group. The whole plug goes out as one and grows up together. More ...
08/11/2026

Multi-sowing isn't planting backups — it's planting a group. The whole plug goes out as one and grows up together. More beets, less space, works just as well. 🍠

One of these plants overwintered from last season and it's still throwing harvestable leaves. 🥬 Treat kale right and it'...
08/11/2026

One of these plants overwintered from last season and it's still throwing harvestable leaves. 🥬 Treat kale right and it'll hang around the garden a surprisingly long time.

08/11/2026

The stone texture spray dried and the channel blue is peeking through underneath, which honestly looks kind of great. But I want to know if I can keep that bumpy texture and still have the bucket read as blue. So I mixed the channel blue 50/50 with water to try for a very light coat over the top. Let's see if it works.

I asked my daughter if she wanted to eat some kale on camera. The answer was a very diplomatic "maybe later" — she had s...
08/11/2026

I asked my daughter if she wanted to eat some kale on camera. The answer was a very diplomatic "maybe later" — she had swim class. 😄 A gardener in training.

A retaining wall is infrastructure — and the entire point is creating a lot more space to grow in. That's what this driv...
08/11/2026

A retaining wall is infrastructure — and the entire point is creating a lot more space to grow in. That's what this driveway garden quest is about. 🌿

Too much sun turns a cauliflower head off-color, so you tuck the plant's own leaves over it to blanch it. ⛄ A little ori...
08/11/2026

Too much sun turns a cauliflower head off-color, so you tuck the plant's own leaves over it to blanch it. ⛄ A little origami keeps the curd bright.

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