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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: flowers
Looking Back on 2022, by the Month
For one of my last posts of the year I thought I would recap some of what I did in 2022, in a month by month format. I started the year harvesting collard greens from the garden. It’s always nice … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Christmas, collards, compost, fermented food, flowers, hiking, lacto-fermentation, peppers, ratatouille, seed starting, squash, sweet poatoes, tomatoes
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Late February Garden Tour
Before the month is completely gone, I thought I would give a quick tour of the garden here in late February. It’s hard to believe we had ice and 8 to 12 inches of snow covering everything about a week … Continue reading
Photo Friday: July Flowers
I thought I would share some images of the Happy Acres summer flowers that are blooming now. First up is the Becky Shasta daisy. It’s a lovely bloomer that butterflies like but the deer don’t! Nearby Becky is the Jubilee … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Photo Friday
Tagged bees, butterflies, Echinacea, flowers, Photo Friday, Photography, pollinators
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The Greenhouse in Early May
It’s been a while since I gave a tour of the greenhouse, either virtually or in person. It’s a busy place this time of year, and I am out there several times each day watering seedlings and doing various potting … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Greenhouse
Tagged cilantro, cucumbers, cuttings, flowers, greenhouse, mint, propagation, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
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