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September: Monthly Review
This post has been a long time coming, and there are no valid excuses other than the oft heard “life happens” or “it’s been busy” or “writer’s block” and truthfully, it’s been a bit of all those. The looming threat … Continue reading
The Ornamental Vegetable Garden
If I were limited to one book on creating a beautiful potager I’d pick this one, “The Ornamental Vegetable Garden” by Diana Anthony. There’s a dozen or more on that topic in my shelves, but this is the book I … Continue reading
Italian Dandelions
I admit it, I’m a sucker for something “new” in the seed catalogs. I say “new” because sometimes an offering has been around for a while, but it didn’t catch my eye at the time, or I wasn’t interested right … Continue reading
Posted in kitchen gardens, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged beans & chicory, chicory, eating weeds, Italian dandelion, Potager, Territorial Seeds
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Mad Hatter Peppers
The seed catalogs are arriving daily and dreams and hopes for next season’s “best ever” harvest are spiraling upward. As you are planning next year’s garden, may I suggest a new pepper variety to try? As a Garden Writer of … Continue reading
Potager in Winter
We woke this morning to winter’s magic. A gentle, all-night snowfall of the tiniest flakes frosted the trees and cleansed the view. It was too perfect to stay indoors despite the single-digit temperatures, so camera in hand I ventured … Continue reading
2017 Evaluation
As the second year of the potager ends, it is time to evaluate the successes and failures of this past season. Yes, even after over fifty years of gardening, there are still failures, and that’s okay. Once it was … Continue reading
Things I should have known by now
At my advanced age, the number of things that I haven’t yet learned (or have forgotten) is still surprising. Here’s a few of yesterday’s revelations: Cleaning the Front Island, which is located around and under black walnut trees, without a hard hat … Continue reading
Posted in cutting garden, garden planning, gardening, kitchen gardens, Potager, Uncategorized
Tagged black walnuts, cutting garden, Deadheading, gardening, hostas, learning, planning, potager
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Early Tomato Comparison
After an exciting Garden Writers of America conference, I’m back at the helm. Needless to say, there has been lots of picking and preserving after a week’s absence, and now the deadheading needs completing but I wanted to get this … Continue reading
July in Review
“Fast and furious” best describes the changing gardens this month. We’ve had a few hot, humid days that are typical of July here in central Indiana, but for the most part it has been cooler than normal. Thus, many mornings … Continue reading
Succession Planting
Many people have questioned how and why the potager is so productive. There are several reasons. For example, good drainage from raised beds, deep soil, and continual weed removal are assets to productivity. Good drainage means an earlier planting start … Continue reading
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