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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: green garlic
Monday Recap: Memorial Day Edition
Today in the U.S. we celebrate Memorial Day as we pause to remember those who have died while serving in the armed forces. I have vivid memories of my childhood neighbor Ronnie Dempsey who joined the Marine Corps and went … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged asparagus, green garlic, lettuce, mizspoona, Monday Recap, onions, Senposai, Thai Rai Kaw Tok, Wave petunias
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Monday Recap: Beans, Greens and Scapes
The garden is giving us lots of green goodies right about now. Like the green garlic for instance, which is starting to bulb up. That’s a good sign, because it means the main garlic crop is sizing up too. We … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged asparagus, beans, bread, Cima di Rapa, garlic scapes, green garlic, honeybees, Monday Recap, radishes, rapini, rye bread, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
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Monday Recap: April Showers
It has been a rainy April this year, which isn’t that unusual here in our area. We’ve had over six inches so far, and it has rained thirteen out of the twenty days. It’s the season for many green things … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged arugula, asparagus, bread, carrots, green garlic, Monday Recap, pesto, spinach
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Planting Green Garlic
Today I took advantage of a sunny but cold day to plant some garlic for green garlic. For those not familiar with it, green garlic is to garlic what a green onion (or scallion) is to a mature onion. I … Continue reading
2014 Garlic Planting
Monday was a warm and sunny day here, and I took advantage of the great weather to get the 2014 garlic planted. The forecast was calling for rain Tuesday, so it was a good time to get it in the … Continue reading
