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Six on Saturday: June 19
This week’s Six on Saturday is a selection of things in the potager that will be coming onto the menu very shortly. In fact, the first summer squash and cucumber have already been picked and will be part of today’s … Continue reading
Of cabbages and kings!
With the inauguration nearly upon us, my mind has been thinking a lot about succession, of kings and queens, and presidents….and vegetables. “Cabbages and kings.” Last year, I found a little trick for creating a bit more space for succession … Continue reading
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Tagged growing your own vegetables, Indiana gardening, potager, succession planting
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Losing the battle.
After the peas came out, Bed 2c was blessed with 2 “Orange Magic” winter squash plants that were started from seed a few days earlier. In the summer heat, both quickly grew large, gorgeous leaves and shortly thereafter these big, … Continue reading
The Alliums are invading!
I’m growing more alliums than usual this year, but not quite as many shallots. It wasn’t my choice to grow fewer, but last year was so wet that many of the shallots began to rot before their tops even considered … Continue reading
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Tagged garlic, growing your own vegetables, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, Onions, potager, shallots, succession planting
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Six on Saturday: April 18
Here’s mid-April’s “Six on Saturday.” I debated whether to post photos of flowers, but right now many people are feeling that food is of prime importance, so here’s six from the potager. After 4 nights of temperatures in the 20’s, … Continue reading
National Spinach Day…and I almost missed it!
Lost in the grocery search of yesterday, was the fact that it was National Spinach Day! How could I fail to celebrate the one crop that has produced week after week over the entire, gloomy winter. This vitamin and iron-packed … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, growing your own food, growing your own vegetables, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, Popeye, potager, spinach
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To London, to London
to buy a fat pig? No, but obviously I ate like a pig because despite walking an unaccustomed 5.5-7 miles per day, I gained 6 pounds! I’ll write more about the trip later. Obviously, one can’t leave a productive potager … Continue reading
When A Gardener Hosts a Party…
We hosted our annual tree decorating party recently. Friends come and help decorate our tree, and in exchange get lots of free food. It’s always a fun event, and this year seemed especially lively. And, the tree looks terrific! … Continue reading
“Prepare 100 pickles…
the size of your finger.” So begins my maternal grandmother’s recipe for sweet pickles that take ten days in a crock with daily attention before canning. It’s raining again today (over 7″ since Thursday) so rather than gardening I’m thinking … Continue reading
Posted in Cucumbers, Memories, Uncategorized
Tagged cucumber beetles, growing your own vegetables, Potager, sweet pickles
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May’s End Views
As May slips to an end, it is most appropriate to feature the star of the Deck Garden, the prolific, no-care “May Queen” Shasta. I love these simple daisies, so abundant that cutting daily bouquets barely makes a dent … Continue reading
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