Garden

The Winter Harvest Handbook

Garden

Wow. This book is exciting. To a vegetable gardening nerd, like me, it is heady stuff. Listen to this: “. . . it’s a misconception that all vegetable crops need summerlike temperatures for best growth.” Now, I knew that, of course.  I’m not saying I’ve never heard of cool-weather crops, but reading this on page [...]

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What We’re Eating this Winter

Beginner Gardens

It’s been a mild winter this year, so far.  We have had several freezes, including a light snow, though, and in spite of this, we’re still eating from the garden, here on the last day of January. Savoy Cabbage A second crop of broccoli sprouts Mache Red Leaf Lettuce Beet greens Turnips Kale Tatsoi Leeks [...]

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Book Giveaway–Perennial Vegetables

Garden

This is the book I’ve been waiting for and didn’t even know it. And the timing is perfect. I’ve been so excited about permaculture, and perennial vegetables are a big reason why.  BUT, after asparagus and rhubarb, I’ve been sort of clueless about where to go from there. This book is the master course in [...]

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Pinterest: Garden Projects That Will Never Happen

Garden

I don’t know if it’s the barren backyard or just the fact that I know I don’t have the commitment to maintain anything that lives for more than a few months, but I’m drooling over these (Click pics for original articles): *sigh* Wow… HOLY CRAP! Well, I clearly have a vertical theme going on.  But, [...]

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Making a Luffa Sponge

Crafts

This year was a first for many things in the garden.  Probably the most dramatic new addition was the luffa gourds. They got off to a bad start.  Soon after sprouting, they disappeared entirely one night.  Chipmunks?  Alien abduction? So I planted more.  They soon sprouted and whatever got them the first time decided to [...]

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