We’ve been getting some beautiful rains here in Northern California — a good time to ask yourself what garden projects you might work on this year. Here are some favorites that I’m thinking about!

Build a SeedHouse/MiniGreenhouse!

This is actually a cold frame, a good way to recycle a window or windowed door into a cozy place get seedlings and cuttings off to a good start!

Grow 100 lbs. Of Potatoes In 4 Square Feet: How To

This article from TipNut gives three methods of setting up a potato box. I like growing potatoes in containers, especially in gopher country. In case none of those look like the right method for you, here’s a couple of others:

• Potatoes in a Tire
• Growing Potatoes in Bin Bags

If you’ve never tasted roasted potatoes fresh from the garden, you are in for such a treat!

Garden Work Tables From Old Pallets

This quick post from Lloyd’s Blog shows off the pallet table from Home Grown Evolution:

By the way, I highly recommend that you follow both Lloyd’s Blog and Home Grown Evolution…both have excellent content. Home Grown Evolution is by the authors of the excellent book The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City. Lloyd Khan is the author and publisher of wonderful books on (among other things) DIY home building: Shelter, Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter, and the most recent, Builders of the Pacific Coast.

Natural Wood Raised Garden

I like projects that remind us of how to use waste products in creative beautiful ways, and this idea for raised beds out of natural wood, perhaps from your post-storm brush pile, is a great example.

Just some ideas to get your started. What projects are you thinking about for your garden this year?