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Harvesting Spring Crops, Planting for Summer
Last week, Alex (March 22 post–The Spring Crops Are In!) harvested two pounds of lettuce from the Plot Against Hunger gardens and delivered them to AFAC. It was our second lettuce delivery. The first was last week and included spinach … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, arugula spring crops, flowers, lettuce, peonies, Plot Against Hunger, radishes, spinach, summer planting
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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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Still Early Days: Weeds, Seeds, and Sprouts
I used to think transitional weather was weather with temperatures changing gradually from cold to warm or vice versa. Now transitional weather means a beautiful 50 degree day followed by a cloudy day in the upper thirties with wintry mix … Continue reading
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Tagged cold frames, Community gardens, lettuce, radishes, spring crops
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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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