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Fall Plans & Plantings – Kale, Spinach & Chard

Fall Plans & Plantings – Kale, Spinach & Chard

As I mentioned earlier this week, I do believe that our summer will quickly transition into fall this year.  With cooler weather at our doorstep (or, at least, on its way), I've been thinking a lot about our fall and winter garden. Last year's winter garden failed miserably.  We literally harvested nothing.  We attempted to overwinter our veggies in a…
August 15, 2013
Winter Tomatoes – Coming Inside

Winter Tomatoes – Coming Inside

Can one actually grow tomatoes inside throughout the winter?  Well, I guess we'll find out soon enough, ha?So far, the process has been fairly painless...the cuttings rooted well, transplanted fine and even recovered enough in the last month to put out some new growth and several little flowers! So, with the cooler evenings (and treats of frost) we brought in…
October 10, 2012
Sowing Fall Seeds

Sowing Fall Seeds

While it always feels funny to me to start fall crops in the middle of summer, I am learning the importance of giving them the opportunity to get their roots under them well before the temperature drops. This will be our third fall and winter during which we will attempt to continue to grow some veggies while the temperatures drop…
July 25, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!We had another beautiful week, but it ended in a bit of snow and freezing temperatures.  So far everything looks OK but it's supposed to freeze again tonight, so we'll see.  I'm still worried about our fruit, but there's really nothing for it but to keep my fingers crossed.Anyhow, yesterday, after a day full of more homework than…
April 16, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!What a week it's been!  We had beautiful weather pretty much every day this week except for Sunday, which was absolutely disgusting...windy and grey and dusty and gross...so darn windy that plastic to one of my hoop houses is pretty much torn to shreds.  We attached a new (not big enough) strip of plastic over the top of…
March 19, 2012
Growing Herbs Indoors

Growing Herbs Indoors

Each year that I have planted a garden, I have planted at least a few herbs and teas...Basil, chamomile, echinacae, dill, oregano, kota, sage...The first year: nothing. The second year: we put in the mint and it did great. The third year (last year): a little bit of basil and a lot of mint.Definitely not sufficient.  I'm not sure what…
February 1, 2012
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