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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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SOME OF THE BLOGS I FOLLOW
- A Little Bit Of Sunshine
- Allotment2Kitchen
- Annie’s Kitchen Garden
- Bloom Bake Create
- Cold Hands Warm Earth
- Daphne's Dandelions
- Dave's Square Foot Garden
- Eight Gate Farm – New Hampshire
- From Seed To Table
- Garden to Wok
- Good To Grow
- Growing Vegetables Throwing Shade
- Homestead Pirate
- Kentucky Fried Garden
- Mark's Veg Plot
- Mike's Bean Patch
- Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments
- Rainbow Chard
- Seeding the Good Life
- Shawn Ann's Home and Garden
- Suburban Tomato
- The Gardening Me
Category Archives: Life
Who’ll Stop The Rain?
We’ve been having some interesting weather here lately, rainy and stormy. We’re no strangers to storms here, since we are in a part of the U.S. known as Tornado Alley. But the rain? That’s another story! Last year we couldn’t … Continue reading
A Day To Remember, Eat Hummus
Today my wife and I are celebrating the anniversary of our first date. Six years ago, we met at a local restaurant for dinner. I’m guessing a lot of people don’t remember the first words they ever spoke to their … Continue reading
Heat Wave
The temperature got up into the 70s this afternoon, and I’m calling it a heat wave. It’s definitely warmer than normal for this time in March. And it’s just now spring ! The missus and I took advantage of the … Continue reading
Channeling Millie
I made banana bread and banana muffins this week, using up some of the overripe bananas I brought home a couple of weeks ago from the soup kitchen where I volunteer. These bananas had some ‘image problems’, since they were … Continue reading
Going Bananas
I’m happy as a monkey after bringing home a sackful of bananas yesterday from the soup kitchen. Volunteers pick up aging produce from local groceries twice a week and put it on tables outside the kitchen door for any and … Continue reading

