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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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Time For Figs
Up until a few years ago, I had no idea that you could successfully grow figs in our area. But grow them you can, and they have started ripening here, and that is welcome news indeed! Fresh figs are a … Continue reading
Fruits For All Seasons
One of the things we were excited about when my wife and I first saw Happy Acres were the three mature blueberry bushes, along with the apple and peach trees. It was like buying a ready made mini fruit farm! … Continue reading
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Tagged apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, currrants, figs, fruit, honeyberries, pawpaw, peaches, persimmon, raspberries
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Speared!
What a wild gardening year this has been so far. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that the warm weather had made the asparagus pop up much earlier than usual. In the first two weeks of harvesting we’ve hauled … Continue reading
November Harvests
I love gardening this time of year. The pace is slower for one thing. And most of the vegetables don’t demand daily harvesting. I did cut quite a bit of broccoli the other day before our first hard freeze – … Continue reading
Frozen!
This week brought our first freezing temperatures. It got down around 25F one night, and below 30F another. All the tender herbs and vegetables are now history. The Sun Gold tomatoes were still producing in early November. They’ve given us … Continue reading
