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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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This Year’s Garden Winners and Some Also-Rans
If there’s one thing I have learned over the years, it’s that gardening requires planning, patience and flexibility. Every year brings different challenges and rewards. This year was certainly no different. Last year we had unusually wet and cool conditions. … Continue reading
Weighing In
The year isn’t nearly over yet, but our experiment this year of weighing all our harvests has proven to be a real eye opener. This week we hit the 800 pound mark, which is a lot of food anyway you … Continue reading
Harvest Monday: Overdrive
The garden seemed to go into overdrive this week. The kitchen island has been loaded up every day with goodies from the garden, and the freezer is filling up fast. The blueberries and blackberries are hitting their peak, even as … Continue reading
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Tagged black, blueberries, cucumber, fruit, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes
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Harvest Monday: Garlic, Squash, and a Marsupial
When I went to check on the garlic beds yesterday I was shocked to find that some of it was ready to be dug. It’s exactly two weeks before I started digging last year, but then I remembered that I … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, broccoli, cabbage, Cats, cucumber, fruit, garlic, raspberry, strawberries
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Harvest Monday: June Bounty
I do love this time of year in the garden, when the fruit is ripening and both spring and summer veggies are in the harvest bucket. Last week we enjoyed the last of the spring strawberries along with the first … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, broccoli, cucumber, fruit, lettuce, raspberry, strawberry
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