Tag Archives: growing your own food

The seeding is on schedule…but under debate!

Posted on February 25, 2021 by carolee

While the weather was so frigid, and the days were endless gloom it was a little hard to be motivated to sow seeds. It just seemed foolhardy, since spring was so very far away. And, the memory of last year’s … Continue reading →

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Lettuce improve our lettuce production!

Posted on February 10, 2021 by carolee

I admit it. I’ve been stuck in a rut for a while, ordering the same lettuce seeds year after year. There’s good reason for that, of course. Growing the varieties that have proven themselves as reliable and productive in the … Continue reading →

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Kohlrabi, this year’s “trial” crop

Posted on February 8, 2021 by carolee

Each year since the potager began, I’ve picked a crop for testing and evaluation. One year it was peas, another it was spinach, another beets. I find as many varieties as I can and have space to grow, but also … Continue reading →

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December Monthly Review

Posted on January 5, 2021 by carolee

It’s hard to believe that this is the final monthly review for 2020, the Year without End, that mercifully has finally ended. It’s strange that time has both “seemed to fly” and “seemed to stand still” throughout the months. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: Dec 12

Posted on December 12, 2020 by carolee

This Saturday began with pounding rain and whistling winds here in central Indiana. Surprisingly, a break in the clouds allowed the sun to shine so I hurried out with my camera. First stop was to see if the potted arborvitae … Continue reading →

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November: Monthly review

Posted on December 3, 2020 by carolee

Overall, November seems like it was a good month even with the scaled-down Thanksgiving “celebrations.” There were 20 beautiful, warm days for outdoor work and below normal precipitation once again. The grain-hauling trucks rumbled by day and night all through … Continue reading →

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Was it worth it?

Posted on October 17, 2020 by carolee

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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Simply perfect!

Posted on October 11, 2020 by carolee

A poet once said perfect days come in June, but I beg to differ! So far, October has been a string of perfect days here in central Indiana, and during this period, there is time to actually enjoy them. June … Continue reading →

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First Frost…

Posted on October 6, 2020 by carolee

Our average first frost here is October 5, and surprisingly it arrived exactly on that date! I’d covered some things for a possible frost on Friday night, but it didn’t get that cold. The covers were left on Saturday, a … Continue reading →

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September: Monthly Review

Posted on October 5, 2020 by carolee

The colors are definitely changing, and it’s easy to see that Mother Nature’s paint brush has been busy laying browns and rusts over the once-green leaves on trees and shrubs. In the potager, most of the cucurbits’ leaves are brown … Continue reading →

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