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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
Herb Garden Makeover
Last year the herb garden got a major overhaul. Our initial plantings made in 2008 were foundering due to poorly draining, heavy soil. You often hear that herbs prefer ‘poor’ soil, but I believe you have to put that in … Continue reading
No April Showers, But Harvests Go On
Despite a scarcity of rain this month (only slightly over an inch so far), April is shaping up to be a great month for the garden. The star of the harvests has to be the asparagus. We’ve been harvesting it … Continue reading
Fruits For All Seasons
One of the things we were excited about when my wife and I first saw Happy Acres were the three mature blueberry bushes, along with the apple and peach trees. It was like buying a ready made mini fruit farm! … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, currrants, figs, fruit, honeyberries, pawpaw, peaches, persimmon, raspberries
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Garden Tools Made In The USA
Lately I’ve been disappointed that all the garden tools I see in garden centers and big box stores are foreign made, most of them coming from China. Not only that, but the quality of many of them seems to be … Continue reading
Returning To Normal, April Style
After we had several days of record setting high temperatures in March, our April weather has settled into a more seasonable pattern. For the last few days we have seen typical April weather, with highs around 60F and lows near … Continue reading
