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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: hot peppers
October 2026 Update
October is almost over, and it’s time for another harvest update from Happy Acres. The harvests are surely winding down here, and that is pretty much right on schedule for our garden. The tomatoes are done for, but I am … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged hot peppers, kale, neck pumpkins, persimmons, sweet peppers, sweet potatoes
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September 2026 Update
It’s hard for me to believe, but September is almost over, and it’s time for another harvest update from Happy Acres. Our harvests are slowing down now, and I’m not really unhappy about that! I have been busy now for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged eggplant, hot peppers, pole beans, sweet dumpling squash, sweet peppers, tomatoes
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Mid-June Garden Update Part 1
It’s time for another update on the vegetable garden here at Happy Acres. I’ll break it up into two parts since I have quite a few photos to share. To start, the weather here has been fairly dry this spring … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged brassicas, cabbage, eggplant, hot peppers, kohlrabi, peppers, pole beans, squash, tomatoes, winter squash
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Looking Back On 2025 – By The Month
Today I thought I would recap some of what I did in 2025, in a month by month format. It was a busy year, with a lot happening both in the garden and outside it. My wife and I spent … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged asparagus, bird feeders, blackberries, bluebirds, collards, cucumbers, daffodils, eggplant, hot peppers, lettuce, raspberries
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Stars of the Garden 2025 – Part 2
I hope you enjoyed reading the first part of my annual garden review, and I’m back again today with the second part. I’d like to start with tomatoes, which are a favorite crop of mine and with many other gardeners … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged cucumbers, eggplant, hot peppers, hot sauce, sweet peppers, sweet poatoes, tomatoes
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