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Harvest Monday November 29, 2021
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. Once again I’ve decided it makes sense to take a break from the Harvest Monday posts for a couple of months, until next February. Harvests … Continue reading
Harvest Monday November 22, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. The harvests this time of year are small but much appreciated. I made the first cutting of the winter greenhouse lettuce last week … Continue reading
Harvest Monday November 15, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. The harvests were a bit slim last week, as we used up veggies from the previous week’s harvests. I did pull up a … Continue reading
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Harvest Monday November 8, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. Last week here was pretty much all about harvesting the tender crops before the freezing weather came. We had below freezing temperatures four … Continue reading
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Tagged coleus, eggplant, hot peppers, hot sauce, kohlrabi, lacto-fermentation, sourdough bread, sweet peppers, turnips
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2021 Sweet Potato Review
The sweet potato harvest is always a big event here at Happy Acres, and this year that was perhaps even more true than usual. Last year the sweet potatoes did not do well, which I attributed to a lack of … Continue reading
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