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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: Cima di Rapa
Monday Recap: Beans, Greens and Scapes
The garden is giving us lots of green goodies right about now. Like the green garlic for instance, which is starting to bulb up. That’s a good sign, because it means the main garlic crop is sizing up too. We … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged asparagus, beans, bread, Cima di Rapa, garlic scapes, green garlic, honeybees, Monday Recap, radishes, rapini, rye bread, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
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Kitchen Garden in May
Today I thought I would 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, unlike the main garden area that is … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged amaranth, Asian g, Asian greens, Cima di Rapa, cold frame, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, onions, potatoes, spinach
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Monday Recap: A Busy Month
May is usually one of the busiest gardening months for me, with lots of prep work, planting, weeding and mulching to be done. Last week I started seed for the cucurbits that are going in the main garden area. I … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bees, cell flats, Cima di Rapa, gooseberries, greenhouse, kale, lemongrass, lettuce, lilac, Monday Recap, rapini, spinach
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Planting Brassicas, Round One
I took advantage of a break in the rain yesterday to get a few things planted. I had prepped one cold frame bed on Monday by cleaning it up and amending the soil, and since the plants were ready I … Continue reading
