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Monday Recap: Billed Out, But Inspired

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Dave @ HappyAcres

The remnants of Tropical Depression Bill visited us on Friday and Saturday, giving us four inches of rain in a 24-hour period. That came on top of 2.5 inches we had earlier in the week. The month of June actually … Continue reading →

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Monday Recap: Crunchy and Seeded

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Dave @ HappyAcres

Lots of crunchy vegetables are coming in right now. Like the April Cross daikon radishes. I’ll probably ferment some of those in the below photo for crunchy pickles. A little bit of them went on a salad yesterday, and I … Continue reading →

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Monday Recap: A Busy Month

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Dave @ HappyAcres

May is usually one of the busiest gardening months for me, with lots of prep work, planting, weeding and mulching to be done. Last week I started seed for the cucurbits that are going in the main garden area. I … Continue reading →

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In The Berry Patch

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Dave @ HappyAcres

I often get questions about the various berries we grow here, so I thought I would talk a bit about them today. When we bought Happy Acres back in 2007, it came with three mature blueberry bushes. Since then we … Continue reading →

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Monday Recap: Out With The Old, In With The New

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Dave @ HappyAcres

For the last couple of weeks it seems like I have been replanting a lot. It started in the blackberry patch. My wife and I decided we wanted to get rid of some of the older blackberries to make room … Continue reading →

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