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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
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
Harvest Monday October 21, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. With colder weather and more frost predicted, my first order of business last week was to get the sweet potatoes dug. I did this in three … Continue reading
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Tagged broccoli, collards, eggplant, kale, peppers, smoking, sweet potatoes
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Photo Friday: 2018 By the Month
Lacking any real activity in the garden this time of year, I thought I would share some photos today to show some of my 2018 activities. January saw us undertaking a big kitchen renovation. We had been planning this for … Continue reading
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Tagged Ace, Ally, asparagus, Cats, greasy beans, homemade, kimchi, kitchen makeover, lacto-fermentation, ornaments, sauerkraut, seed starting, sweet potatoes
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2018 Sweet Potato Review
Sweet potatoes are a big thing here at Happy Acres, and I want to share my review of the ones I grew in 2018. I’ve been growing sweet potatoes in my garden for as long as I can remember, and … Continue reading
Harvest Monday November 19, 2018
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. The cold wave continues here. We got sleet, freezing rain and snow on Thursday, and that had me harvesting quite a few fall veggies. While they can take a … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged cabbage, Daikon radishes, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, sweet potatoes, turnips
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