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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: shallots
2018 Allium Review
All the garlic has been cleaned and weighed now, and as I suspected it was not a great year for it. I believe the combination of a colder than usual winter and a super wet spring made for problems. I … Continue reading
March Garden Tour
This will be a fairly brief tour, as there isn’t a whole lot going on out there just yet. Our cold and wet weather has put some of my planting plans on hold for a bit as I wait for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged garlic, kale, magnolia, multiplier onions, onions, potato onions, shallots
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Harvest Monday November 27, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The garden is giving us a good variety of greens now as the days get shorter and colder. I made a cutting of Topper turnips last week, which I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged broccoli, kale, lettuce, mizuna, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, shallots, sweet potatoes, turnip greens
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2017 Garlic Planting
Today was garlic planting day here at Happy Acres, and I got all the main crop 2017 garlic planted – 184 plants total. I will plant a bit more for green garlic later on in another spot. Last year I … Continue reading
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Tagged garlic, green garlic, multiplier onions, planting jig, shallots
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Harvest Monday September 18, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I finally got around to cleaning up and weighing the shallots I had harvested some time ago. The Conservor shallots bolted and did not make much at all. We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged eggplant, half runner beans, peppers, pole beans, shallots, tomatoes
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