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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: CoCoRaHS
Harvest Monday February 26, 2018
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Once again I relied on an indoor crop to give us a fresh harvest last week. I made two cuttings of sunflower shoots, which I had growing under lights … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged bread, CoCoRaHS, Cooper's Hawk, sunflower shoots, sweet potatoes, weather
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Getting Local with the Weather
I have always been fascinated by the weather. When I was in grade school, we had a science teacher who had us go out and record the temperature and relative humidity, using a sling psychrometer that we whirled around. Then, … Continue reading
After The Deluge
Last week a stormy weather system moved through our area and brought us rain of epic proportions. And unlike a Hollywood production, this event was very real and not computer generated! Here at HA we got 6.26 inches of rain … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Weather
Tagged bluebirds, CoCoRaHS, fingerling potatoes, onions, potatoes, spinach, sweet potatoes, weather
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CoCoRaHS: Measuring Rain, Hail & Snow
I’ve always been fascinated by the weather. When I was still in grade school, my parents got me a weather station setup one year for my birthday. It was pretty cool for its time, with an anemometer to measure wind … Continue reading
Getting Our Second Wind
The heat and drought this year was hard on gardens and gardeners alike. The rain came back here in early August, which was too late to help the farmers’ corn crop, but was much appreciated by backyard gardeners like me. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged CoCoRaHS, deer, eggplant, fall garden, greens, peppers, tomatoes
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