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Six on Saturday: July 4th 2020
Happy July 4th! It’s a glorious day here in Indiana! Hard to limit to six for this Saturday, because the daylilies are opening everywhere, the potager’s plants are becoming loaded with produce, and everywhere I look there is color and … Continue reading
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Tagged cipollini, gardening, growing your own food, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, melons, peppers, potager, Six on Saturday, sunflowers
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Six on Saturday: June 27, 2020
For this Six on Saturday, we’re focusing on the food! It’s nearly the end of June, but the potager seems more like Mid-May in some ways. The crops are lagging behind “normal.” In checking past journals, “normally” by now I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, growing vegetables, Indiana gardening, kitchen garden, melons, potager, Six on Saturday, spinach in summer
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And Now It’s the Melons!
Yes, the raccoons held another party in the potager last night, and after they’d eaten or damaged at least 21 tomatoes…there may have been more, since it’s hard to identify the “body parts” when they are strewn here and there…they … Continue reading
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Tagged Critter damage, growing your own food, heirloom melons, Indiana gardening, kitchen gardens, melons, potager, raccoons
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12th Seeding
The potager’s beds are filling up fast, as many transplants were planted in the past two SUNNY days! Hopefully today more direct seeding will occur, and the lower parts of the lawn can be mowed before the next rains … Continue reading
Six on Saturday-7/14
It’s been another very hot, humid week here in central Indiana, with barely a sprinkle of rain. In the potager, the harvest continues unabated due to regular watering. Along with all the crops shown in prior posts, some new ingredients … Continue reading
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Tagged French Fingerling potatoes, gardening, garlic, melons, Potager, Potatoes, shallots, Six on Saturday, tomatoes
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Six on Saturday July 29
The gardens are changing fast as the daylilies fade away, but there are still things that bring a smile today. This late, double-flowered soft peach daylily is becoming one of my favorites. The bounty from the potager increases daily. … Continue reading
Six on Saturday-July 8
Participating in The Propagator’s meme, here are six things that made me smile today, even though we’ve had 7″ of rain in the past week! Appropriately, Daylily “Big Smile.” diamond-dusted and frilly! and from the potager, the season’s first tomato, … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, lavender, melons, Six on Saturday, Uncategorized
Tagged Daylily Big Smile, flowers, gardening, lavender, melons, potager, Silver southernwood, Six on Saturday
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Six on Saturday 7-1-17
Here are 6 things that made me smile today: We got 3 1/2″ rain in 20 minutes last night. Happily, I’d harvested the shallots before it stormed, so this morning was a beautiful, relaxing time braiding! They are now … Continue reading
Posted in blessings, gardening, melons, Six on Saturday, Uncategorized
Tagged flowers, gardening, lilies, melons, potager, shallot braids, Six on Saturday
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Mouthwatering Melons
One of the true delights of the potager has been the melon crop. If you read the post discussing melons when I was mulling over seed orders, you may recall that I chose 4 varieties of melon, plus 1 watermelon. … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, harvest, kitchen gardens, melons, Uncategorized, vertical growing
Tagged garden planning, gardening, kitchen gardens, melons, potager, seed selection
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Mini Melons
My search for climbers to grow on the potager arches continues. Right now I’m researching melons that will do well here in central Indiana. I’ve grown many melons in the past, both cantaloupe and watermelons, banana melons, and even citron, which I … Continue reading
Posted in melons, Potager, Uncategorized, vertical growing
Tagged melons, seed selection, single-serving melons, trellis growing, vertical growing
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