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Tag Archives: growing vegetables
September Review
September already seems like a blur! Overall we had great weather, with ample rain and reasonable temperatures. September is not the hectic harvest month that July and August are, but there was a nice variety of crops harvested: Italian … Continue reading
Posted in monthly review, Uncategorized
Tagged "Speedy" beans, beans, growing vegetables, late plantings, Potager, September garden, spinach, squash "Butterscotch"
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Six on Saturday-9/15/18
There’s a misty fog over the potager this morning, reminiscent of visits to the Smokey Mountains. The grass is so heavy with dew that my pant legs are soaked before arriving at the gate. Today is mid-point for September. … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Six on Saturday, Uncategorized
Tagged fall planting, growing vegetables, kitchen garden, Potager, Six on Saturday, spinach, squash
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Welcome Sunshine!
After five days of heavy rain, it is wonderful to see the sun beginning to light up the potager. So, gathering my harvest baskets and camera, I waded through the puddles to see how things had changed during the … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, harvest, rain, Uncategorized
Tagged cannellini beans, fall peas, growing vegetables, harvest, Potager, September garden, succession planting, The Prodigal Summer
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Follow-ups
There are a couple of loose ends from prior posts that need tying up. First of all, I promised a reader to post of photo of the mystery watermelon, the “pollinator” that was provided with the non-germinating “Twilight” seedless watermelons, … Continue reading
Posted in Potatoes, Uncategorized
Tagged French Fingerling potatoes, gardening, growing vegetables, Potager, watermelons
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Early Tomato Comparison-2018
It’s time for the potager’s early tomato comparison featuring this year’s competitors: last year’s winning “Polbig” and this year’s challenger, “Siletz.” Both were seeded and handled identically, and planted out the same dates, same number of plants (8), etc. … Continue reading
Posted in tomatoes, Uncategorized
Tagged early tomatoes, gardening, growing vegetables, Potager, tomato "Polbig", tomato comparison
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Orange You Sweet!
Orange is my happy color, and finding excellent orange veggies for my potager is always a goal. The first orange bell pepper trialed was “Orange Sun,” not a great success because brown spots appeared before the pepper became completely orange, … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Aug 11
It’s early August in north central Indiana, but it feels more like October! There was a heavy mist enclosing all of nature, and a dew so heavy that it required rubber boots and a sweater. Not a leaf was … Continue reading
Posted in August, Six on Saturday, Uncategorized
Tagged August garden, Black-eyed peas, dahlias, growing vegetables, Potager, Six on Saturday
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