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Tag Archives: containers
May Planting and Mulching
I’ve managed to get in some time this week working in the garden, between rain showers. Yesterday morning I got one bed of tomatoes planted. These are small fruited ones like Jasper and Midnight Snack plus slicing tomatoes like long … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged broccoli, containers, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, lettuce, tomatoes
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Variety Spotlight: Patio Baby Eggplant
This is the latest in a series of posts that I’ve done about my favorite varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs we grow at Happy Acres. To see my other Spotlights, and those from other garden bloggers, visit the Variety Spotlights … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Spotlight
Tagged #AASWinners, AAS, containers, eggplant, Fairy Tale, Patio Baby
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Harvest Monday May 15, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s getting to be salad season here, with lots of lettuce coming in from the garden. I cut some baby lettuce I had growing in a window box planter, … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged arugula, asparagus, containers, kale, lettuce, mizuna, pac choi, pizza, sourdough
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October This and That
I have a few odds and ends I’ve been wanting to share, so I decided to lump them all together here today. First up – I have several non-hardy plants growing behind the greenhouse. I have a two year old … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged arugula, containers, Daikon radishes, ginger, lemongrass, microgreens, tomatoes, turmeric
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Planting Green Garlic
In the last several years I have become a big fan of green garlic. For those not familiar with it, green garlic is sort of a baby garlic that is harvested early in the season before it is fully mature. … Continue reading