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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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Harvest Monday, March 15, 2010
We had another nice haul of greens this week. The second “thinning” of spinach yielded a little over a pound. I made four plantings this year, about double what I grew last year, because we like spinach so much. It’s … Continue reading
Asian Greens
Asian greens have recently become a favorite cool weather crop here at Happy Acres. I had grown pac choi and Chinese cabbage off and on for years, with varied success. But little did I know that beyond those two somewhat … Continue reading
Harvest Monday, March 8, 2010
This week’s harvest added some baby spinach to the mix. I made a wilted spinach salad with some hot balsamic vinaigrette, orange sections and walnuts. The spinach was harvested when I did the final thinning from one of the greenhouse … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian greens, cold frame, Gardening, greens, lettuce, salad, spinach
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Salads To Go
One of the new things I tried last year was planting lettuce and other greens in plastic window boxes. I did it because I was doing a seminar on vegetable gardening and I needed something portable to illustrate how easy … Continue reading
Harvest Monday, March 1, 2010
After reading about other gardeners and their Harvest Mondays for a while now, I have decided to join in with my own harvests. Every Monday over at Daphne’s Dandelions folks link to posts about their weekly harvests. Thanks to Daphne … Continue reading
