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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: spinach
November Harvests
I love gardening this time of year. The pace is slower for one thing. And most of the vegetables don’t demand daily harvesting. I did cut quite a bit of broccoli the other day before our first hard freeze – … Continue reading
Same Blog, New Look
And now, for a quick technical note. I’ve been wanting to change the appearance of this blog for some time. So, today I switched to the Twenty Ten theme. I like the clean look of this theme, plus the fact … Continue reading
Early May Harvests
Early in May we are still harvesting lots of greens, but the asparagus is the real star of the garden right now. We have already harvested over 16 pounds of it this year, with more to come before the harvest … Continue reading
‘G’ is for Green
Green was the color of this week’s harvests. We had 3.5 pounds of green spinach. I sauteed some of it and froze some for later use. I love fresh spinach. The overwintered ones are bolting now, so they got pulled … Continue reading
Hardy Harvest
I just can’t say enough about my new favorite lettuce. Spotted Trout, aka Forellenschluss, aka Freckles, is a beautiful and tasty romaine that has apple green leaves mottled with reddish specks. This lettuce was planted last October and spent the … Continue reading
