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Tag Archives: winter squash
Harvest Monday March 19, 2018
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. What a difference a year makes! After a relatively mild 2016-2017 winter I was harvesting overwintered lettuce in March of 2017. This year after a harsh winter I have … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged #AASWinners, arugula, kale, lacto-fermentation, sauerkraut, sweet potatoes, Thelma Sanders squash, winter squash
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Stars of the Garden in 2017
It’s time for my annual review of what did well in the garden, and what didn’t. In my 2016 review I called it The Year of the Pepper, since I harvested over 75 pounds of them. In 2017 the peppers … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged asparagus, beans, broccoli, cucumbers, greasy beans, kale, kohlrabi, peppers, pumpkins, squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, winter squash
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Harvest Monday October 9, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Much of last week for us was dominated by installation of a new furnace and a/c unit that wound up taking four days. Since the inside unit is in … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged green beans, hot peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, winter squash
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Harvest Monday October 2, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It’s hard to believe it is October already. The weather here has been more like summer lately, though the mornings have been seasonably cool. I enjoyed the cool one … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged bread, chile powder, eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, winter squash
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Harvest Monday September 25, 2017
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. Three weeks ago Mary (Mary’s Veggie Garden) was digging her Purple sweet potatoes and got a nice haul of them. Since my Purple plants had been in the ground … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest Monday
Tagged AAS Winners, Ace, eggplant, pac choi, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tromboncino, winter squash
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