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Hi, I'm Dave and thanks for visiting. I garden in Zone 6b in southern Indiana, and I blog here about gardening, nature and food.
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Harvest Monday April 19, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It was a light harvest week here for me. Cold weather turned salad season into soup season, though I did harvest a bit of Slobolt leaf … Continue reading
Harvest Monday April 12, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s still salad season here, and we are getting our fill of leafy greens. We are enjoying them on sandwiches as well as for salads and … Continue reading
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Tagged collard rapini, lettuce, microgreens, sorrel, Tokyo Bekana
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April Planting Update
I took advantage of our recent dry weather and did a little planting outside this week. First off, I got one of the beds behind the greenhouse worked up and planted 25 kohlrabi seedlings. I added compost and organic fertilizer … Continue reading
Harvest Monday April 5, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The greenhouse lettuce is growing vigorously now, and it is keeping us well supplied for salads and other uses. The red and green leaves of oakleaf, … Continue reading
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Tagged collards, kale, kale rapini, lettuce, micro greens, purple sprouting broccoli, sourdough bread
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Harvest Monday March 29, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We are getting plenty of lettuce now for salads. I have a mix of red and green leaf lettuces plus oakleaf and butterhead types growing now … Continue reading
