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The seeding is on schedule…but under debate!
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
The Ornamental Vegetable Garden
If I were limited to one book on creating a beautiful potager I’d pick this one, “The Ornamental Vegetable Garden” by Diana Anthony. There’s a dozen or more on that topic in my shelves, but this is the book I … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: Dec 15
There’s not much happening outdoors this time of year, so I’ve selected a “thinking back” topic for this Saturday. Although there were several new crops as well as old favorites in the 2018 potager, here are the top six vegetables … Continue reading
What a difference a rain makes!
Central Indiana is already 3″ behind “normal” rainfall for May. It allowed the farmers to get the planting done, so that was a blessing but once they were finished everyone began looking to the skies. Rain was occasionally in … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Uncategorized, vegetable gardening, weather
Tagged columbines, gardening, kitchen garden, Potager, radishes, rain, vegetable gardening
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Catching up?
I’m speaking about Mother Nature and Spring, although with good weather I’m catching up a bit as well. Just a few days ago, we were 3 weeks behind “normal” and suddenly it feels like summer has arrived! Things are changing … Continue reading
Posted in Spring, Uncategorized, vegetable gardening
Tagged daffodils, French Tarragon, gardening, Potager, spring bulbs, Spring in Indiana, vegetable gardening
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Another “last of…”
Poor (no, make that BAD, disgusting, cold, wet, frustrating) weather gives one too much time to think! You may recall that the last of the 2017 season carrots were eaten the last day of March. Today, the last of the … Continue reading
Posted in Spring, Uncategorized, weather
Tagged gardening, Onions, Red Long of Tropea onions, storage, vegetable gardening
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Wrong again!
Yesterday I checked the 10-day forecast (as I always do) and beyond a slightly chilly night, the forecast was for dry and sunny and tah-dah!!! three days in a row above 40 degrees! So, I bundled up (these old bones … Continue reading
Posted in planting, Spring, Uncategorized, vegetable gardening, weather
Tagged gardening, grow your own food, Indiana weather, peas, Potager, shallots, Spring, vegetable gardening
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Onions…Crying for Joy!
For over thirty years I grew onions from sets, just as my grandmother and mother had. White ones for using over the summer and early fall; yellow ones for storage. I never saw red ones until I went to college. … Continue reading
Mad Hatter Peppers
The seed catalogs are arriving daily and dreams and hopes for next season’s “best ever” harvest are spiraling upward. As you are planning next year’s garden, may I suggest a new pepper variety to try? As a Garden Writer of … Continue reading
New Year’s Luck
I grew up on a farm, two miles from a town that we rarely visited except to go to school and church, and on Friday nights during basketball season. (This is Indiana, after all and high school basketball was almost a … Continue reading
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