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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: Gardening
Brains & Brioche
Most Tuesdays I volunteer for a hot lunch program. We serve meals to anyone who cares to stop in, and this year business has been booming. The shelves are also bare at many food pantries, as the economy takes its … Continue reading
Anticipation
Right now I am eagerly awaiting the first 2010 seed catalog. Friends have already received some of theirs. Oh well, it won’t be long now and I’ll be wading through the “wish books” for next years’ garden. I look forward … Continue reading
Wild Gardening
Last year I started what was intended to be a butterfly garden, but which has since morphed into the Wild Garden. Oh, it still attracts lots of butterflies. But shortly after planting it I discovered it attracted much more. The bees … Continue reading
The Greening of Autumn
Though I’m a child of the 60’s this is not a revolutionary counterculture kinda rap. No, I’m thinking about the changing of the seasons this morning – literally. It’s Officially Fall here. The leaves are changing, the air is crisp … Continue reading
Garlic Planting Time
It’s garlic planting time here at Happy Acres. I got ours planted last week, on a rare (for 2009) dry day. For those not familiar with growing garlic, it is usually planted in the fall and harvested the next summer … Continue reading
