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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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July 2026 Update
July is almost over, and it’s time for another harvest update from Happy Acres. Our harvests are in full swing now, and it’s keeping me busy bringing them in and preserving them. It has been a good year for cabbage … Continue reading
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Tagged acorn squash, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant, hibiscus, lettuce, summer squash, tomatoes
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Mid-June Garden Update Part 1
It’s time for another update on the vegetable garden here at Happy Acres. I’ll break it up into two parts since I have quite a few photos to share. To start, the weather here has been fairly dry this spring … Continue reading
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Tagged brassicas, cabbage, eggplant, hot peppers, kohlrabi, peppers, pole beans, squash, tomatoes, winter squash
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Stars of the Garden 2025 – Part 2
I hope you enjoyed reading the first part of my annual garden review, and I’m back again today with the second part. I’d like to start with tomatoes, which are a favorite crop of mine and with many other gardeners … Continue reading
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Tagged cucumbers, eggplant, hot peppers, hot sauce, sweet peppers, sweet poatoes, tomatoes
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Harvest Monday September 15, 2025
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. I managed to find a few more tomatoes last week to go along with the peppers and eggplant that are still producing well. The Cornito … Continue reading
Harvest Monday September 8, 2025
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where gardeners from all over celebrate all things harvest related. We got some much needed rain last week, breaking our drought that had lasted for seven weeks. We got 1.5″ in total, and that should … Continue reading
