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Not Gardening, Just Prepping
I’ve been doing a lot of spring planning. Some of it has been for my own garden and some of it has been for the Plot Against Hunger. I’ve ordered seeds and some supplies (stakes, fencing, tomato insulators, cloches for young plants, … Continue reading
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Tagged cold frame, Plot Against Hunger, Winter gardening
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The Harvest Begins
I had plans to plant the large Plot Against Hunger this weekend, but it rained into early afternoon, so my volunteers and I did other things. Once it had cleared I went to the garden and cleaned my flower borders … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, cold frame, columbines, irises, Plot Against Hunger, radishes, spring lettuce
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Greening Up? Maybe Not, But It Is Thawing
Saturday I had lunch with my friend Jane, a fellow gardener and Plot Against Hunger volunteer. It was sunny, 50 degrees, and the snow was starting to melt. We talked, among other things, about our garden plans. I mentioned that … Continue reading
The Winter Garden
I had been meaning to run by the garden to check out the turnips in the Plot Against Hunger garden. They are snug under fallen leaves with just their tops sticking out and just about ready to harvest. I also … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, chard, cold frame, kale, lettuce, turnips, winter garden
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Using the Cold Frame, Trying to Outwit the Rabbits…
I was able to get into the garden again this week because we had some more beautiful weather. We have a winter storm warning starting this evening though and are supposed to get snow…again. Still, I was not deterred. I … Continue reading
Denial: Winterizing the Garden and Bringing Back the Cold Frame
Last week I heard someone say “De Nile ain’t just a river in Egypt,” and I was struck by how long it had been since I heard that expression. It’s also completely appropriate as an expression of my attitude to … Continue reading
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Tagged cold frame, fall garden yields, final harvests, green tomatoes, pickling, winterizing the garden
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The Cold Frame Returns!
What a beautiful fall weekend this was! There is still lots of color still in the trees, and depending on the type of tree, lots of leaves raining down in the breeze. I spent part of two days in the … Continue reading
Water Comes to the Garden, but not Rain….
Friday the county turned on the water in my community garden. We were all relieved and happy, since it has been dry and many gardeners had been bringing containers of water from home. A few of us pulled the garden’s … Continue reading
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Tagged cold frame, Community gardens, dry spring, early spring gardening, lettuce, peas, radishes, row cover, water
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Gardening Small Goes Mobile: An Update
Last month, I wrote about my friend Penny’s salad table and cold frame on wheels. Inside the table were all sorts of seedlings for salads. They survived our brief interim cold spell and continue to grow. It looks like there’s … Continue reading
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