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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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Stars of the Garden 2025 – Part1
Once again it’s time for my annual review of what did well in the garden this year, and what didn’t. The yields of many crops were disappointing, and I’ll dig into the details here in a bit. I usually like … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged broccoli, cabbage, collards, fermented food, green beans, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, summer squash
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November Update
It’s mid-November now, and we officially had our first hard freeze a few days ago. That meant the end of the frost-tender plants like the peppers and eggplant. I got a modest harvest of them in the days before the … Continue reading
Harvest Monday October 9, 2023
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We are finally getting cooler weather here, though frost is not yet in the forecasts. I am ready for some seasonably cool weather, after the long … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged bread, cucumbers, eggplant, green beans, hot peppers, pole beans, tomatoes
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Harvest Monday July 25, 2022
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Harvesting is keeping me busy lately, which is not a bad thing at all. Last week I got more squashes, plus the first harvests of snap … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged acorn squash, eggplant, green beans, hawks, rain, sourdough bread, tomatoes, winter squash
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Harvest Monday March 14, 2022
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Lettuce from the greenhouse was my only harvest last week. This time it was Panisse, an oakleaf type with smooth and tender leaves. We used some … Continue reading
