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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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Tag Archives: carrots
Kitchen Garden in April
Today I want to do an update on the area I call the kitchen garden. I call it that because it’s close to the house and with easy access to the kitchen. The beds around the greenhouse give us about … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Artisan Seeds, carrots, cold frame, kale, kitchen garden, kohlrabi, lettuce, onions, spinach, tomatoes
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Monday Recap: Crunchy and Seeded
Lots of crunchy vegetables are coming in right now. Like the April Cross daikon radishes. I’ll probably ferment some of those in the below photo for crunchy pickles. A little bit of them went on a salad yesterday, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged blueberries, bluebirds, carrots, crackers, garlic, gooseberries, house sparrows, kohlrabi, lacto-fermentation, lettuce, Monday Recap, radishes, raspberries, tepary
16 Comments
Monday Recap: April Showers
It has been a rainy April this year, which isn’t that unusual here in our area. We’ve had over six inches so far, and it has rained thirteen out of the twenty days. It’s the season for many green things … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged arugula, asparagus, bread, carrots, green garlic, Monday Recap, pesto, spinach
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Monday Recap: Speared, Sowed and Bolted
Every year about April my wife and I begin our annual Asparagus Watch. What we’re watching for are the first signs of the spears shooting up out of the ground. That’s the beginning of asparagus season, and this year it … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged asparagus, carrots, cold frame, lettuce, Monday Recap, spinach
13 Comments
Planting Onions and Taters
Yesterday was a busy planting day here, and I managed to get both onions and potatoes in the ground. This year I got my onions from Dixondale Farms. I ordered 5 varieties: Candy, Super Star, Red Candy Apple, Red Torpedo … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged brassicas, carrots, cold frame, Dixondale Farms, lettuce, onions, potatoes
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