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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: Food
More Than Enough
The garden is not only giving us plenty to eat right now, it’s actually giving us more than we can eat. The recent warm weather may have given way to more seasonal (make that COLD) temperatures, but the plants seem … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged Asian greens, cheese, containers, Food, homemade, lettuce, spinach
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Book Review: King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking
I bought this book several months ago, and my wife and I have been baking our way through it ever since. Let me say right up front that the folks at King Arthur do a great job of creating and … Continue reading
February Breads
This year, Groundhog day found me in the kitchen baking, instead of outside in the cold and snow looking for my shadow! We were out of pita bread, and it was time to make some more. I usually make two … Continue reading
Ramping Up
As the days are slowly but surely getting longer, they are also getting busier here at HA. I seem to be smack dab in the middle of full-blown seed starting mode! I’ve got one 200-cell plug flat full of seedlings … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Food, food pantry garden, Impact community garden, planning, plug flat, seeds
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My Lettuce Isn’t Perfect, And I’m OK About That
We try our best to not let anything go to waste here at Happy Acres. My parents grew up during the Great Depression, when food was often hard to come by, and they taught me to not be wasteful. “Waste … Continue reading
