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Category Archives: monthly review
June: Monthly Review
Here’s the official “end of June” photo of the potager. If you go back to look at the May Review, you can see quite a difference. June began as a replay of April & May…cooler than usual and rain … Continue reading
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Tagged critter control, fava beans, growing vegetables, harvest totals, Indiana gardening, Indiana weather, peas, Potager, raccoons, watering
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May in Review
The photo for May shows that the beds are filling, but also reflects the excessive amount of rain we’ve experienced through the yellowing of many of the plants. Some of the garlics are beginning to suffer, especially those in … Continue reading
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Tagged hail, harvest, Indiana gardening, May garden, Observations, strawberries, weeds and weather
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April in Review
April has followed the pattern set so far in 2019: cooler and wetter than normal. As a result there were a few adjustments made to both indoor seeding and outdoor planting schedules, with postponements mainly due to wet soil … Continue reading
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Tagged cauliflower, early harvests, Indiana gardening, kitchen garden, lavender, monthy review, Potager, spinach, tulips
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March in Review
The final day in March, a month entered with high hopes and big plans after a frigid January and a very dismal February. The photo taken this morn says it all, “Not much progress.” Let’s hope it’s the final … Continue reading
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Tagged garlic, Indiana gardening, Indiana weather, lavender, March snow, monthly review, Potager
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February in Review
Our high hopes for February expressed last month were not included in Mother Nature’s plans. Out of 28 days, there were only 7 with any sunshine. Temperatures remained so cold that schools were cancelled some days. Some days were snowy … Continue reading
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Tagged amaryllis, February, Harvest Journal, Indiana gardening, indoor seeding, monthly review, Potager, spinach, winter seeding
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January: Monthly review
A potager first! Here is a January crop of spinach, and I picked a large bowl. That was all I could reach from the end I could get open. The three other sides were so frozen I couldn’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening in Indiana, growing vegetables, monthly review, polytunnel, Potager, spinach, winter harvest
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December in Review
This will be a short review, because there’s not much to harvest outdoors in December in central Indiana! It was a cold, bleak month overall, with very little sunshine or snow. The temperatures dropped and by the time I dug … Continue reading
