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The Bulbs are Planted!
The weather has been absolutely perfect all week: upper 60’s or even low 70’s with lots of sunshine and just a gentle breeze. No one could ask for better bulb planting conditions, especially considering the rains awhile back had softened … Continue reading
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Tagged bulb planting, editing the gardens, gardening, Indiana gardening, planning for spring
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October: Monthly review
Overall, October was a pretty month and a good month for growing once we got past that initial little frost on October 5. The leaves turned golden and gently covered the ground. The skies turned that deeper blue as autumn … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, harvest totals, Indiana gardening, monthly review, October, potager
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Bulbs are here!
The last of the bulbs arrived today, all were unpacked and the order checked. There were a few items sold out, but all the most important items are here. It’s a drizzly, cold day so the planting won’t begin immediately. … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, Indiana gardening, planting for spring, potager, spring bulbs
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Random thoughts
A pretty day, after a couple of days of much-needed rain fell, so I finally became disgusted enough with the view of the potager to do something about it. The two potted “Juliet” grape tomatoes that have produced a quart … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid times, frost damage, gardening, Indiana gardening, potager
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Was it worth it?
Someone asked me if I really thought going to the trouble of covering “tender” crops before a frost was worth the effort. I reported in an earlier post that our first frost occurred on October 5, but that it was … Continue reading
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Tagged frost, frost covering, frost damage, gardening, growing your own food, Indiana gardening, kitchen garden, potager
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Is it Covid Fatigue?
I’m in a slump, and I admit it. In past years, seeing the Front Garden look so sparse would have had me rushing to the garden center for dozens of mums and filler plants. The diseased zinnias would definitely have … Continue reading
First Seed order for the 2021 season!
After much consideration and checking the leftover seeds, an order was placed in timely fashion to receive a nice discount from Geo. The “tried and true” made up the bulk of the order, the usual marigolds (“Hot Pak Orange” and … Continue reading
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Tagged flower gardens, gardening, growing from seed, Indiana gardening
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The First Day of Autumn
The first day of Autumn…already! How did that happen? In some ways, it seems as though I was just celebrating all the “firsts”…the first crocus, the first daffodil, the first radish harvested from the potager, the first ripe tomato and … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, cutting garden, gardening, harvest, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, potager, preserving food
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Thinning the carrots
The first planting of carrots actually looked good from the start, and have been ready to use for three weeks or so (or earlier if I wanted baby carrots.) And so when the second planting, shown below, was coming along, … Continue reading
Planting Leeks
I’ve been impatient (yep, it’s still a problem!) for the second planting of Green Arrow peas to be finished. There was empty space in the potager’s beds opened up by the harvest of all the shallots and garlic, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, growing vegetables, Indiana gardening, kitchen garden, Leeks, potager
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