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Tag Archives: winter squash
Hand-Pollinating Squash
Most gardeners don’t worry much about how their vegetables get pollinated. For one thing, almost all of the popular vegetables people grow do just fine without any help from the gardener. But squashes can sometime be an exception to that. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged bees, hand pollination, pollination, squash, summer squash, winter squash
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Harvest Monday October 14, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Last week we had our first frost, largely unpredicted until the last minute. That had me scurrying around Friday harvesting all the peppers and squash I … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged cabbage, collards, greenhouse, greens, hot peppers, kale, kimchi, peppers, pole beans, winter squash
5 Comments
Harvest Monday October 7, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It was a light harvest week for me here as I concentrated most of my efforts in getting the new greenhouse put up. I did get … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged broccolini, collards, greenhouse, peppers, pole beans, winter squash
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Harvest Monday September 30, 2019
Once again it’s time for Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. I got a nice haul of pole beans last week. I let some of them get big for ‘shelly’ beans, since we like the mix of … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged #AASWinners, broccoli, collards, greenhouse, hot peppers, hot sauce, lacto-fermentation, paprika, pole beans, sweet peppers, winter squash
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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

