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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: Photo Friday
Photo Friday: Future Fruits
It’s about time for our fruits here at Happy Acres to begin ripening. The first ones will likely be blueberries. We have a couple of bushes that are bearing well, and several younger ones that have not really taken off … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberries, blueberries, cherries, currants, eggplant, pawpaw
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Photo Friday: 9 Years of Bread Baking
It’s hard to believe, but my wife and I have been baking all our own bread for 9 years now. Both of us had baked a lot of bread before that time, but we had never tried to bake all … Continue reading
Photo Friday: 2018 By the Month
Lacking any real activity in the garden this time of year, I thought I would share some photos today to show some of my 2018 activities. January saw us undertaking a big kitchen renovation. We had been planning this for … Continue reading
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Tagged Ace, Ally, asparagus, Cats, greasy beans, homemade, kimchi, kitchen makeover, lacto-fermentation, ornaments, sauerkraut, seed starting, sweet potatoes
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Photo Friday: Meet Ally
Today I’m taking a break from the usual gardening stuff to introduce a new member of our family. We adopted Ally on Tuesday, after she made an appearance on local TV station WTVW’s Pet of the Day segment using her … Continue reading
Photo Friday: June Bloomers
Here’s a quick look at some of the things we have blooming here in early June. I’ve got petunias planted in various containers and planters, and they are all in full bloom now. This one in the below photo in … Continue reading
