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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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Monday Recap: Soaked Again
It has been a wet growing season here this year for sure. The rain started in March, and it hasn’t let up since. Last month we got over eight inches of rain, and this month we have already gotten six … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged cabbage, lacto-fermentation, lettuce, Monday Recap, rye bread, sauerkraut, summer squash, tomatoes, White Scallop squash, zucchini
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Monday Recap: Frozen and Smoked
Last week brought our first real frost of the fall season, and also a hard freeze. With temperatures expected to fall to near 25°F Sunday morning, that meant it was time for a sweep of the garden to harvest anything … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bell peppers, broccoli, cabbage, hot peppers, Kossak, lacto-fermentation, Monday Recap, sauerkraut, smoking, turnips, winter squash
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Planting the Fall Garden
It’s early August and that means it’s time to get planting for a fall garden here in Southern Indiana. I managed to get all of the fall brassicas in the ground this week. Most of them went in the fenced … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged broccoli, cabbage, carrots, daikon, fall garden, kale, kohlrabi, radishes
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Monday Recap: Tater Time
The potato vines started yellowing and turning brown last week, and that me it was time to start digging a few potatoes. I started with the fingerling Red Thumb, then continued with Russian Banana and Purple Majesty. That made for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged butterflies, cabbage, cold frame, deer, green beans, Juliet, kale, Monday Recap, potatoes, summer squash, tomatoes, White Scallop squash
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