SEARCH THIS SITE
Welcome to Happy Acres!
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.
-

Happy Acres Weather Station

-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
Recent Comments
- Sue Garrett on April 2026 Update
- Lisa Peterson on Slow Roasted Tomatoes
- jay murray on Photo Friday: Early Blooms
- Susan Garrett on Photo Friday: Early Blooms
- Steve Richards on March 2026 Update
- Dave @ HappyAcres on March 2026 Update
- Marie Brown on March 2026 Update
NOW READING

Tags
- arugula
- Asian greens
- asparagus
- blackberries
- blueberries
- bluebirds
- bread
- broccoli
- cabbage
- Cats
- collards
- cucumbers
- eggplant
- Food
- Gardening
- garlic
- greenhouse
- greens
- homemade
- hot peppers
- kale
- kohlrabi
- lettuce
- Monday Recap
- onions
- parsley
- peppers
- Photography
- pole beans
- spinach
- squash
- sweet potatoes
- tomatoes
- winter squash
- zucchini
SOME OF THE BLOGS I FOLLOW
- A Little Bit Of Sunshine
- Allotment2Kitchen
- Annie’s Kitchen Garden
- Bloom Bake Create
- Cold Hands Warm Earth
- Daphne's Dandelions
- Dave's Square Foot Garden
- Eight Gate Farm – New Hampshire
- From Seed To Table
- Garden to Wok
- Good To Grow
- Growing Vegetables Throwing Shade
- Homestead Pirate
- Kentucky Fried Garden
- Mark's Veg Plot
- Mike's Bean Patch
- Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments
- Rainbow Chard
- Seeding the Good Life
- Shawn Ann's Home and Garden
- Suburban Tomato
- The Gardening Me
Tag Archives: tromboncino
Harvest Monday August 5, 2024
It’s time once again for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Tomatoes are playing a starring role in our harvests lately, and ones of all shapes, sizes and colors are coming in from the garden. We’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged acorn squash, bread, cucumbers, eggplant, sweet peppers, tomatoes, tromboncino
3 Comments
Getting Squashed in July
It happens every year about this time, sometimes a bit earlier. Suddenly, we are up to our ears in squash! That’s not a bad thing though. In addition to eating them fresh, I freeze a lot for use later in … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged hand pollination, honeybees, summer squash, trellis, tromboncino, winter squash
Leave a comment
Harvest Monday September 16, 2019
It’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I can report I’m still getting plenty of harvests here to keep me busy. I was happy to get a few slicing tomatoes last week. Garden Treasure And … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged hot peppers, hot sauce, japalenos, kimchi, pawpaw, pole beans, tomatoes, tromboncino, winter squash
9 Comments
Harvest Monday August 26, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Where has August gone? It’s hard to believe, but a change in the weather last week made things positively autumnal. The harvests are still summer like … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged acorn squash, Butternut, pawpaw, peppers, pole beans, sweet dumpling squash, tromboncino, winter squash
6 Comments
Variety Spotlight: Centercut Squash
This is the latest in a series of posts that I’ve done about my favorite varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs we grow at Happy Acres. To see my other Spotlights, and those from other garden bloggers, visit the Variety Spotlights … Continue reading

