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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: sweet potatoes
March Seed Starting Update
Here’s a quick update on my seed starting activities here in late March. It’s a busy season for me, and I am always babysitting lots of seedlings this time of year. I started parsley and petunia seeds back in early … Continue reading
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Tagged brassicas, eggplant, parsley, peppers, petunias, seed starting, sweet potatoes, tomatoes
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Harvest Monday March 22, 2021
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s still salad season here, and the greenhouse lettuce is giving us a modest but steady supply of greens. The Salanova Red Butter doesn’t get as … Continue reading
Harvest Monday October 19, 2020
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. With a frost and possible freeze predicted for Friday morning, I spent much of the week harvesting tender vegetables. That included digging the sweet potatoes, which … Continue reading
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Tagged eggplant, hot peppers, neck pumpkins, peppers, sweet potatoes, turnips
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Harvest Monday March 9, 2020
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s more of the same here in the way of harvests. The Rudolph broccoli was the last of the PSB varieties to head up, and it made a … Continue reading
2019 Sweet Potato Review
The annual sweet potato harvest is always a much anticipated event here at Happy Acres. They are one of our staple crops for storage, and usually do quite well here for me. In 2018 The 51 plants I planted produced … Continue reading
