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Passionate vegetable gardener, health nut, freedom advocate, cook of simple meals and good food
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2017-05-15 11:15
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garden-to-eat
gardening
2018-05-20 11:00
Three Spinach Crops
My first spinach crop, which was planted last September, is done now but not before three or four weeks of producing nice dark green leaves for my salads. I wasn’t sure the fall crop was going to make
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gardening
2018-05-16 18:34
How Hard Can You Cut Back Strawberries?
Last year my strawberries plants grew very thick and spread outside my pyramid box I had built for them. Although they produced a lot of strawberries, it was very wet during harvest and many were lost
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gardening
2018-05-15 10:41
Pruning Blueberry Bushes
Every year I prune my blueberry bushes to encourage large plump berries and to keep my bushes under control. I’ve trimmed them in the fall, late winter, and early spring but I believe early spring right
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gardening
2018-05-13 20:28
Getting an Early Start on Tomatoes
To get tomatoes early in the growing season I plant big healthy early girls that I started 6-7 weeks earlier in my basement under my grow lights. I take a chance and put them in two weeks before the last
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winter
2018-01-20 22:52
Pacific and Indian Oceans Influences Our Weather
There are many features in the atmosphere and oceans used by forecasters to get an idea of future weather but a main driver for our winters in the Eastern US is the tropical Pacific and Indian oceans.
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gardening
2017-09-26 23:03
Second Raspberries Doing Well
In my post back in June I talked about primocanes and floricanes. Well the Floricanes have produced and been cut down but the primocanes are doing well this fall with berries coming in every couple days.
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gardening
2017-08-30 11:29
Lima Beans Incoming
My favorite bean is probably fresh limas. Frozen, canned, or dried limas do not compare to the ones picked and shelled from the garden. This of course does not come without a fair amount of work. These
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gardening
2017-08-26 20:40
Herbs Need Little Attention
The biggest challenge with most herbs is keeping them under control. Perennial herbs need little water once they are established and can grow in poor soil without any fertilizer. In fact fertilizer may
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colorchallenge
2017-08-21 12:21
ColorChallenge: Monday red - Tomatoes Everywhere
They are in bowls, on the counter, and in the freezer (and of course in my stomach).
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gardening
2017-08-20 18:27
A Fall Garden in Hardiness Zone 7
So now that summer in the northern hemisphere is winding down and a lot of the harvest is in, it’s time to get the fall garden going full speed. As spring and summer crops finish and old plants are pulled
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gardening
2017-08-09 19:25
Irrigation Technique for a Backyard Garden
As those who follow my blogs know I have a rather large garden and spending an hour or more every day in the summer watering when conditions are hot and dry can get old. A lot of gardeners like soaker
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food
2017-08-06 19:46
The Building of a Tomato Salad
I like tomatoes with mozzarella like everyone else but this was the salad I grew up with and is my favorite way of eating my homegrown tomatoes. I start by cutting up my tomatoes into bite size chunks.
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gardening
2017-08-01 17:42
Eggplants – A Heat Loving Plant
If you live in a climate that is typically hot during the summer months you may want to give eggplant a try. I live on the border of hardiness zone 6 and 7 and I have no problem growing good eggplant crops
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gardening
2017-07-30 21:55
Wow!! Tomato Season is Here
So the three varieties of tomatoes I plant are coming in fast and furious. My plum tomatoes are in the two back bowls. They all get frozen and used for cooking. My early girls are in the front left bowl
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gardening
2017-07-24 13:49
A Flood of Cucumbers
When cucumbers start coming in it can get a little crazy. If you are away for just a few days as I was, the cucumbers will get very large in a hurry. You can see some oversized cucumbers here in my latest
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gardening
2017-07-20 11:37
Asparagus – Delicious Perennial
The great thing about asparagus is that once its established maintenance is a cinch (relatively speaking of course). It does require some upfront work when planting however. I used two raised beds to make
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colorchallenge
2017-07-12 12:06
ColorChallenge- Yellow in the Garden
Marigolds Flowering Dill Zucchini Flower And of course Tomato Blossoms
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gardening
2017-07-11 19:11
The Problems with Growing Cauliflower
Out of all the cole crops, cauliflower and Brussel sprouts are the most challenging for me to grow organically. I’ll talk about Brussel sprouts later. My problem with cauliflower is primarily caused by
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gardening
2017-07-06 18:06
Tomatoes are Easy to Grow IMO
If you live in a location with relatively warm to hot summers, tomatoes should be easy to grow if you do a few simple things to ensure success. As always make sure you start with good soil and good drainage.
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gardening
2017-07-03 17:00
The Best Celery I Ever Grew
I haven’t grown celery in years but I gave it a try again this year and I’m glad I did. The reason I stayed away from growing it for so long is because I did not have good luck growing it before. It did
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