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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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Fall Garden Update
Today we’re getting the remnants of Hurricane Harvey in our area, and it is bringing us some needed precipitation. Thankfully we have been spared the deluge that folks to the south of us have been getting, and we just got … Continue reading
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Tagged fall planting, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mizuna, radishes, turnips, zucchini
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Planting For Fall
I’ve been busy the last week or two getting things started and planted for the fall garden. I actually replanted the I’itoi multiplier onions almost a month ago. They had died back so I lifted and divided them up. I’ve … Continue reading
Planning the Fall Garden
It’s hard to believe it is almost time to start planting the fall garden here. Our season is long enough we can double crop many of the garden veggies, and there are some things like turnips that I normally only … Continue reading
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Tagged abbage, brassicas, broccolic, fall planting, kale, kohlrabi, plug flats, radishes
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Planting the Fall Garden
The last few days I have been prepping beds in the main garden and planting the fall vegetables. I started the seeds indoors in late June/early July for broccoli, cabbage, kale and kohlrabi. I started the seeds in 72 cell … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, cabbage, fall planting, kale, kohlrabi, peas, trellis
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Rain Makes the Fall Garden Grow
We got a little over an inch of rain yesterday and last night, which certainly was timely and saved me from having to water new plantings. It was the second nice rain since I planted the fall brassicas back on … Continue reading
