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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: rye bread
Monday Recap: Soaked Again
It has been a wet growing season here this year for sure. The rain started in March, and it hasn’t let up since. Last month we got over eight inches of rain, and this month we have already gotten six … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged cabbage, lacto-fermentation, lettuce, Monday Recap, rye bread, sauerkraut, summer squash, tomatoes, White Scallop squash, zucchini
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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: Melon Madness
A couple of weeks ago, if I wanted a melon I had to go buy one. Then all of a sudden, last week we had lots of them – 23 pounds of them to be exact. So, we got busy … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bell peppers, breads, cantaloupe, Gold Nugget, melons, Monday Recap, pole beans, rye bread, tomatoes, winter squash
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Monday Recap: Marching In
It’s hard to believe it’s already March. It’s a month punctuated here by two birthdays (mine and Ace’s), plus a LOT of seed starting activities. But I also found time last week for some baking. After coming up with a … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Food, Gardening
Tagged bread, dry beans, Good Mother Stallard, kale, rolls, rye bread, seed starting, soap, sweet potatoes, winter squash
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