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June Garden Update: Part 2
Here’s the second half of my early June garden update. You can see the first half here. We’re up to bed 7. This is my experiment with lasagna gardening, where I covered the bed with newspaper to kill...
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Saturday in the Garden
Here’s a recent overview photo of the garden. And here are a few things that stood out to me as I walked through the garden this afternoon. Click on any photo to enlarge. In bloom: Scarlet Runner...
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August Garden
The garden has been fairly dry lately. While rain has come through, most of it has missed us and we’ve just got 1/10th an inch in the past week and a half. I’ve been watering with the rain barrels and...
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Harvest Monday: 8/29/11
At the beginning of the week I harvested my yellow onions. I’m pleased with the size of these. They’re bigger than last year’s onions from sets. They were outside in the sun for a day or two, then went...
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Harvest Monday 9/12/11
Here are this week’s harvests. Monday: a very odd carrot. This is the first carrot I’ve pulled and it went into a fresh tomato soup. Tuesday: Chard and tomatoes for a quiche Wednesday I made pickles...
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Harvest Monday 10/17/11
This week’s harvest brought some lasts and firsts. The last of the apples, 5 lbs. The first of the brussels sprouts (and an egg & last of dried beans). The first of the saffron. These red stamens...
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Huevos Rancheros
This week I wanted to make an easy dinner that didn’t make leftovers. An email came in from Eating Well, and I saw a recipe for Huevos Rancheros Verdes. I read the recipe and took the general...
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2011 Garden Reflections: Peas, Beans & Corn
As I look back on this second year in this garden, some of last year’s successes were repeated, others were not. Some of last year’s failures were corrected, others were not. Here are part of my...
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October Harvests
Harvest have slowed down this month as the garden is mostly cleaned up for the year. I shelled by dry beans and put them in jars. This basketful is the last of the tomatillos before the frost. We’re...
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Garden Harvests 2018
As usual, the garden was filled with crab grass by the end of the season. But we had some successful harvests including a good year for cantaloupes, lots of dried beans, and a good year for tomatoes....
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