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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: Cats
Photo Friday: A Smoky Retreat
My wife and I just got back from a trip to the Smoky Mountains. It’s been over ten years since we were last there, though we weren’t too far away a couple of years ago when we visited Asheville, NC. … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Friday, Travel
Tagged Cats, Gatlinburg, hiking, Pigeon Forge, Smoky Mountains, sorghum, yard art
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Harvest Monday April 11, 2016
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The spring greens are still coming on here. Last week I made a cutting of Simpson Elite lettuce from the greenhouse for a salad my wife made. I added … Continue reading
This and That
I’ve been busy the last couple of days doing inventory on my seed stores and planning my 2016 seed orders. I store most of my seeds in ziploc bags inside plastic boxes, organized into various groups like brassicas, salad greens, … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography, Travel
Tagged Cats, Diamond Head, fermented food, ginger beer, Hawaii, seeds
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Monday Recap: The Deep Freeze
We were fortunate last week to come through the latest Snowpocalypse with only about six inches of the powdery white stuff. We couldn’t escape the blast of Arctic air that followed behind it though that sent temperatures plummeting to record … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Soap
Tagged Bastille soap, Cats, garlic, greenhouse, lasagna, Monday Recap, neck pumpkin, parsley, pickling, snow, soap, spinach, sweet potatoes, winter squash
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Monday Recap: Starting a New Year
It’s hard to believe 2014 is gone and we are starting a new year. The garden is still giving us plenty to eat from things that were planted last year though, and to be sure it knows nothing of calendar … Continue reading
