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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: containers
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
Growing Peppers in Containers
This is another installment about growing vegetables in containers. Click on Gardening Tutorials to see more in the series. I love growing peppers. There is such a wide selection of sizes, colors and shapes, not to mention flavors and levels … Continue reading
