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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: lemongrass
Late April Greenhouse Tour
It’s time for another tour of the greenhouse to show what’s happening there in late April. Quite a bit has changed since I last did a tour back three weeks ago. It’s always a busy place this time of year, … Continue reading
Posted in Greenhouse
Tagged greenhouse, kale, lemongrass, lettuce, petunias, seedlings, zucchini
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Harvest Monday March 30, 2020
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s a lot of familiar faces here in the harvest basket along with a few new ones. I cut more of the Salanova red and green … Continue reading
Harvest Monday October 29, 2018
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. After our first killing freeze, the harvests have slowed down considerably here. And after a long hot summer growing season, I am not at all sad about that! The … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged daikon radish, ginger, I'itoi onion, lemongrass, napa cabbage, parsley, turmeric, turnips
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October This and That
I have a few odds and ends I’ve been wanting to share, so I decided to lump them all together here today. First up – I have several non-hardy plants growing behind the greenhouse. I have a two year old … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged arugula, containers, Daikon radishes, ginger, lemongrass, microgreens, tomatoes, turmeric
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It’s Soapmaking Time Again
Last week after Thanksgiving my wife and I stayed inside to avoid all of the Black Friday shopping frenzy and made soap instead. We’ve been making cold-process soaps for almost six years now. Our interest in soaps came about after … Continue reading
