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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: pole beans
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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October Update
I think it’s time for me to share an update on harvests and other things around here. It’s late October now, and lacking any really cold weather our vegetable garden has still been producing for us. I’ve gotten loads of … Continue reading
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Tagged chile powder, collards, Guajillo, hawk, hot peppers, lettuce, peppers, persimmons, pole beans, wildlife
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Harvest Monday September 29, 2025
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. I got another nice haul of peppers last week, and I started fermenting another jar of the hot ones to make into hot sauce. We … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged hot peppers, hot sauce, lettuce, peppers, persimmons, pole beans
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Harvest Monday September 15, 2025
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. I managed to find a few more tomatoes last week to go along with the peppers and eggplant that are still producing well. The Cornito … Continue reading
Harvest Monday October 14, 2024
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. We’ve been enjoying the summer planted lettuce, and last week I cut a big head of Slobolt leaf lettuce for use in our salads. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged Centercut, chile powder, hot peppers, hot sauce, lettuce, neck pumpkins, persimmons, pole beans, winter squash
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