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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: pesto
Monday Recap: Wintery Mishmash
So far it hasn’t been real bad winter here. We’ve had a few brief cold spells where temperatures got down to near 0°F, which killed off the kale that was unprotected and the arugula that was protected by a cold … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bread, carrots, cilantro, lentils, Monday Recap, pesto, sauerkraut, sweet potatoes
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Monday Recap: December Doldrums
The short days of December have slowed the garden down considerably here, and I have slowed along with it. We hit a spell of cold, gray days last week, which didn’t exactly help me to get going. It’s been my … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged carrots, cilantro, Gold Nugget, jicama, lacinato kale, lettuce, Monday Recap, pesto, potatoes, tostada
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Squash, Scapes and Parsley
Yesterday I spent much of the morning planting and then mulching the bush squashes. I planted 16 of them in a 40 by 4 foot bed. That is a lot of squash, but I also have some vining types yet … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged bluebirds, garlic scapes, mulch, parsley, pesto, squash, tabbouleh
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May Harvests
It’s hard for me to believe it is already May. But the calendar says so, and a cool wet spring this year has kept things green and growing, which is a welcome change from the hot and dry conditions of … Continue reading
Late April Harvests, and More
I don’t really have many new players in the harvest basket just yet, but the April regulars are showing up in abundance now at the end of the month. Asparagus and spinach are both spring garden rock stars in my … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged arugula, asparagus, kale, lettuce, neck pumpkin, parsley, pesto, spinach
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