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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: dry beans
Harvest Monday March 21, 2016
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Some of my harvests may be repetitive from recent weeks, but I am happy to have them. I have really been enjoying the salad greens. I cut a bowl … Continue reading
Harvest Monday November 9, 2015
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The harvests are slowing down here for sure. I got a nice cutting of the Wild Garden Kale Mix last week, which starred in my recent Spotlight, so I … Continue reading
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Tagged Aji Panca, baccatum peppers, Bonita, chili, dry beans, kale, kohlrabi, scurf, sweet potatoes
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Tepary Bean Update
Back in June I made a planting of tepary beans. This is my first time growing them, so I consider this a test to see how they do in our climate. I sowed seeds of two varieties, Blue Speckled and … Continue reading
Monday Recap: Billed Out, But Inspired
The remnants of Tropical Depression Bill visited us on Friday and Saturday, giving us four inches of rain in a 24-hour period. That came on top of 2.5 inches we had earlier in the week. The month of June actually … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged broccoli, cucumbers, dry beans, garlic, gooseberries, kohlrabi, Monday Recap, onions, Puddin, Rio Zape, squash, sweet potatoes
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Featured Cooking Bean: Brown Tepary
This year I am on a mission to cook and eat as many different varieties of beans as possible. This is another in a series about my observations about those beans. Imagine there was a bean that was drought tolerant … Continue reading
