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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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Stars of the Garden 2025 – Part1
Once again it’s time for my annual review of what did well in the garden this year, and what didn’t. The yields of many crops were disappointing, and I’ll dig into the details here in a bit. I usually like … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, cabbage, collards, fermented food, green beans, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, summer squash
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November Update
It’s mid-November now, and we officially had our first hard freeze a few days ago. That meant the end of the frost-tender plants like the peppers and eggplant. I got a modest harvest of them in the days before the … Continue reading
October Update
I think it’s time for me to share an update on harvests and other things around here. It’s late October now, and lacking any really cold weather our vegetable garden has still been producing for us. I’ve gotten loads of … Continue reading
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Tagged chile powder, collards, Guajillo, hawk, hot peppers, lettuce, peppers, persimmons, pole beans, wildlife
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Harvest Monday September 29, 2025
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. I got another nice haul of peppers last week, and I started fermenting another jar of the hot ones to make into hot sauce. We … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged hot peppers, hot sauce, lettuce, peppers, persimmons, pole beans
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Harvest Monday September 22, 2025
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. My wife and I just returned from a getaway to Maine, where we enjoyed the sights in Portland and fought the crowds in Bar Harbor. … Continue reading
