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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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End of August review
August has never been my favorite month, not sure why but it’s usually hot, the kids go back to school, the garden is normally winding down a bit. Things grow a tad more slowly and the greens change from emeralds … Continue reading
August possibilities
August has never been a favorite month. It’s a signal that summer is nearly finished. Most gardens are winding down. Over the years at my herb farm, it was always the most disappointing business-wise. Few people wanted to purchase plants … Continue reading
June Review
It seems June flew by in a whiz, so it’s good to take a moment to look back and review, and evaluate how the gardens fared this month. After a very dry April and May, June had enough well-spaced … Continue reading
Posted in harvest, monthly review, Uncategorized
Tagged beans, gardening, harvest, June garden, Potager, succession planting, summer crops
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Harvest Monday-June 25
Today’s harvest from the potager is mostly beans, which wasn’t supposed to be the case, but the best-laid, winter-agonized over plans sometimes just don’t work out correctly! Likely due to unusual heat along with welcomed rain, not only the … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday, Uncategorized
Tagged beans, gardening, growing vegetables, harvest, Potager, succession planting
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Six on Saturday: June 16
This is my absolutely favorite time of the year! By mid-June the blessings from the potager are so abundant that it is hard to pick only 6, but here’s what’s on my mind this week. 1) Succession plantings! With … Continue reading
Out with the Old, In with the New….sometimes!
Our record heat here in Indiana is generating a quicker-than-normal turn-around in the potager. A premise of the potager is the replacement of one crop as soon as it is harvested with a succession crop, thus keeping all parts of … Continue reading
A Succession of Peas, Please!
This season, I’m tweaking the succession plantings to make my potager even more productive. If crops (peas for example) are available for weeks, then we can eat them fresh and skip the energy (mine and the power company’s) it … Continue reading
July in Review
“Fast and furious” best describes the changing gardens this month. We’ve had a few hot, humid days that are typical of July here in central Indiana, but for the most part it has been cooler than normal. Thus, many mornings … Continue reading
Succession Planting
Many people have questioned how and why the potager is so productive. There are several reasons. For example, good drainage from raised beds, deep soil, and continual weed removal are assets to productivity. Good drainage means an earlier planting start … Continue reading
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