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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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Category Archives: Gardening
Growing Multiplier Onions
A couple of years ago I began growing multiplier onions for the first time. I had hopes of finding perennial onions that did well in my garden and in our climate. I’ve been growing garlic for quite a few years, … Continue reading
2018 Allium Review
All the garlic has been cleaned and weighed now, and as I suspected it was not a great year for it. I believe the combination of a colder than usual winter and a super wet spring made for problems. I … Continue reading
Fall Garden Update
The fall garden is pretty much all planted now, and I thought today I would give an update on its progress. We have a fairly long growing season here, and I generally plant cool season crops in both spring and … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, cabbage, fall garden, kale, kohlrabi, napa cabbage, squash, tomatoes, turnips
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Planting the Fall Garden
I’ve been busy the last few weeks planting veggies for fall and winter harvest. First in the ground were bush beans. I pulled the spring planted beans which had slowed down considerably, and sowed more in their place. I also … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, bush beans, cabbage, cucumbers, fall planting, kale, kohlrabi, Smart Pots, summer squash, tomatoes
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Seed Saving Activities
Today I want to share some of my recent seed saving activities, though this is in no way meant to be a tutorial on seed saving. Some of my saved pepper and tomato seed is getting old, and I need … Continue reading
