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Saturday, July 04, 2009

Garden Journal 7/4/09: Fireworks in the Front Yard

Or Maybe It's Just a Fiery Burst of Beautiful Color—But Definitely a Celebration Nonetheless Here's hoping you had a glorious Fourth...

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Garden Journal 6/27/09:
Digging Up an Early Red Potato Harvest

Volunteer New Potatoes and a Few 'Test' Heads of Garlic Realization of the Day: Gardening must be one of the few things where your i...

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Echinacea: My Favorite Easy To Grow, No Maintenance, Heat Loving, Drought Tolerant, Long Blooming Flowering Perennial

Echinacea Purpurea, also known as purple coneflower (despite its pink flowers) Realization of the Day: If basil declares that summer h...

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Garden Journal 6/20/09:
Harvesting the First Green & Purple Basil of the Season (And the Best Ways to Store Your Fresh Basil)

It's Almost Too Pretty to Eat Realization of the Day: Freshly picked basil always feels like summer. It's the longest day of the ye...

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Garden Journal 6/13/09: Bigger Red and Orange Baby Carrots

More Carrot Thinning —St. Valery and Atomic Reds Realization of the Day: The Atomic Red carrots are orange inside! I'm a little disappoi...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Dealing with Deer in the Garden: Which Vegetable Plants They Love (and Don't Love) to Eat

What do deer like to eat? Everything in this bed looks fine at first glance. Realization of the Day: Just when you think your plants are...

Saturday, June 06, 2009

Gardening How To:
Growing and Thinning (and Weeding!) Heirloom Carrots

Looking to learn about growing carrots? You'll find links to two more of my carrot growing posts and a recipe for carrot herb rolls, alo...

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Garden Journal 6/2/09:
Harvesting Spring Onions Grown from Purchased Plants

Just Picked Red Candy Apple Onions (and Topaz ) Realization of the Day: These just might be the prettiest onions I've ever picked. Back ...

Friday, May 29, 2009

A Question for Gardeners: Can You Identify this Easy to Grow Purple Flowering Perennial Plant?

Sedum Autumn Joy in Back, Volunteer Spiderwort to the Right, Mystery Perennial up Front In my last post, It's the End of Bloomin' ...

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Garden Journal 5/21/09:
It's the End of Bloomin' May Already!

Busy, Busy How did that happen? Of course I'm always asking myself that question. But where does the time go? Weren't we just snow...

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Every Day is Earth Day in the Kitchen Garden:
How Do You Make Yours Even Greener?

I Make Free Plant Markers from Sour Cream & Cottage Cheese Containers This Earth Day post is a little late (although I did miraculously ...

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Direct Seeding Lettuce in the Garden and How to Thin Lettuce Seedlings: By Picking the First Salad of the Season!

Baby Tom Thumb Lettuce in the Greenhouse Back on February 20th, I scattered a spot about two feet square with Tom Thumb lettuce seeds leftov...

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Garden Journal 4/12/09: No Bonnets, but Plenty of Blooms

Our One Clump of Tulips Almost Always Blooms for Easter Want a bigger bouquet? 4/16/06: Easter Greetings to You 4/16/06: Dogfoot Tiptoed Thr...

Monday, April 06, 2009

Garden Journal 4/6/09: Don't Count Your Lilacs Until They're Actually Blooming

I'm Not Holding My Breath (or should that be my nose?) for These Beautiful Little Buds I'm crazy about lilacs, but I know better tha...

Thursday, March 12, 2009

A Question for Kitchen Gardeners & Fruities:
Do You Have a Pear Tree Growing on Your Property?

Pears not perfect? Make my moist and flavorful 100% Whole Grain Ginger Pear Bran Muffins Talk about a fruitful investment. A healthy pear...

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Garden Journal 3/1/09:
Early Spring Planting Plans & An Unexpected Delay

This Is A Lot More Snow Than Last Time —and the Garden Looks Even Prettier Some of you are no doubt tired of hearing about our crazy and unp...

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