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This week’s work
This week has been hot, humid and hazy. The “hot and humid” is pretty typical for Indiana in mid-July, but the “hazy” is smoke from the western wildfires. That’s hard for me to fathom, but the faint trace of smoke … Continue reading
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Tagged Coleus, Indiana gardening, lavender, mulching, shade protection
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Six on Saturday: July 17
Welcome to this “Six on Saturday” post (amazingly halfway through July already!!!) from north central Indiana. Let’s begin with a promised report on using leek blossoms as a cut flower. As you may recall, I was skeptical about them mainly … Continue reading
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Tagged celosia, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, potager, squash borers, strawflowers
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Shallots are in!
Right on schedule, the shallots were ready to harvest. The tops were beginning to dry and had fallen over at the neck. A light tug on one resulted in an easy release from the soil, because the roots had begun … Continue reading
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Tagged growing vegetables, growing your own food, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, potager, shallots
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June: Monthly review
June has finished, and although the gardener was often distracted by family matters, the garden carried on and charged ahead. Plants have nearly reached the top of the trellises and are spilling into paths. The daylilies are in full bloom … Continue reading
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Tagged cutting flowers, cutting garden, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, monthly review, potager
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Six on Saturday: July 3
No complaints at all about the harvests in June, but July has begun with an even bigger glut of produce! Today there was a bounty of summer squash, five different varieties. The green basket is “Biet Alpha” cucumbers, and with … Continue reading
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Tagged growing vegetables, growing your own food, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, potager, summer squash
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The Lavender Slope gets additions…finally!
The lavenders have been in bloom for several days now, but I haven’t had much time to notice. The top (left) row is always the best, because it has the best drainage, which lavender not only loves but absolutely MUST … Continue reading
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Tagged growing lavender, Indiana gardening, lavandins, lavender, lavender from seed
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There’s a bad moon on the rise…
Since this photo was taken, the lyrics of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s famous song have been lurking in my head. Does that ever happen to you? Something seen or heard triggers a musical memory that becomes nearly impossible to shake? In … Continue reading
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Six on Saturday: Floweriferous
If there isn’t such a word as “floweriferous,” there certainly should be! This is the time of year that if a gardener skips a visit to his/her garden for a day, there will certainly be new surprises missed. New blooms … Continue reading
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Tagged flower borders, Indiana gardening, perennial flowers, potager, Six on Saturday
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Bouquet blessings
The Cutting Garden is bursting with color now, so I’m trying to make a “gift” bouquet almost every other day. It’s pretty easy to put together a handful of colorful blooms, and it seems even easier to find someone who … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: June 19
This week’s Six on Saturday is a selection of things in the potager that will be coming onto the menu very shortly. In fact, the first summer squash and cucumber have already been picked and will be part of today’s … Continue reading
