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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 September 16, 2019
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I can report I’m still getting plenty of harvests here to keep me busy. I was happy to get a few slicing tomatoes last week. Garden Treasure And … Continue reading
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Tagged hot peppers, hot sauce, japalenos, kimchi, pawpaw, pole beans, tomatoes, tromboncino, winter squash
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Harvest Monday September 9, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. And I’ll get straight to the harvests. Peppers are continuing to ripen here, especially the hot ones. I got enough of them to start another batch … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, collards, hot peppers, hot sauce, lacto-fermentation, peppers, skinks, sourdough bread, squash, winter squash
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Harvest Monday September 2, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The beans continue to roll in here, keeping me busy harvesting and processing them. There’s about 2.5 pounds of them in the below photo, a mix … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, collards, eggplant, pole beans, tomatoes, winter squash
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Greasy Beans, Half-Runners and Other Bean Talk
The last few years I’ve become fascinated with growing various types of heirloom pole beans. Many have interesting descriptive names like “greasy beans”, “cornfield beans” and “half-runners”. It was confusing to me at first, but I managed to learn the … Continue reading
Harvest Monday August 26, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Where has August gone? It’s hard to believe, but a change in the weather last week made things positively autumnal. The harvests are still summer like … Continue reading
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Tagged acorn squash, Butternut, pawpaw, peppers, pole beans, sweet dumpling squash, tromboncino, winter squash
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