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How to Enjoy Turnips
Turnips Rock! Turnips are one of those root vegetables that many people don’t eat. I’m not talking about people who can’t fry an egg, I’m talking about people who wouldn’t flinch at the idea of making...
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Brazilian Lunch Spread: Beans and Rice With Double Zucchini Power
Beans and rice with zucchini closeup Here’s a real life example of an basic Brazilian lunch, even though we had it for dinner this time around. This is something pretty typical, which I would have...
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Backyard Bounty : Pumpkin, Raspberries, Cucumbers and More
Like I said in the last post, the garden has been working overtime since late July. Here are some of the happenings we have been enjoying: Aside: Just for fun this post is scheduled to go live at...
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Corn, Beans, Tomatoes, a Single Lone Beet and Tomato Confit
Today was a good gardening day so far. I spent a while picking and watering everything in the yard, and I’m headed to the community garden in a little while. Here’s today’s harvest. A bunch of...
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2012 Garden Orders Placed
Happily, my garden orders will only be about $100 this year compared to $200 + dirt money we spent last year and the year before. The garden will be a little bit smaller which partly accounts for the...
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Planting 2012, Round One
I did it! I started planting. I put in the peas, onions, carrots, spinach, lettuce, corn and beets. I put them in on Wednesday (the 4th) but I just haven’t had a chance to write it up. Calvin planting...
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Good Garden, Bad Garden — Growth, Bugs and Black Rot
The Good Stuff As part of getting back on top of my gardening, I took a tour of the garden tonight and looked closely at how everything is doing. Despite my neglect, some things are doing pretty well....
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Beets, Carrots and Japanese Beetles
Beets Are Ready Beets are ready! We’ve had beets with two meals now. The first time I broiled them with crushed garlic and olive oil. The second time Caroline made glazed beets. We’ve been picking only...
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August Harvest
Cleaning Up the Small Garden Both the big garden in the back of the yard, and this small garden are all out of sorts. I have taken on a couple of extra consulting jobs to save a little extra money...
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