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A Weekend of Sun!
We finally had a lovely late spring weekend with sun and temperatures in the low eighties. Everyone’s garden is flourishing from all the rain (and we’re expected to have three days more of it this week). I harvested lettuces, spinach, … Continue reading
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Tagged beets, carrots, flowers, larkspur, lettuces, poppies, radishes, spring gardening, zinnias
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A Surfeit of Greens
Salad days are here! I’m eating greens like crazy–spinach, chard, lettuce, kale–and some of the other lovely things that grow along side them in the spring, such as carrots, peas, radishes, and the occasional turnip. The Plot Against Hunger gardens … Continue reading
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Tagged beets, carrots, greens, lettuces, Nigella, radishes, roses, spring crops
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Of Stuff and Plaster Dust and Fresh Produce…
On Friday this week, I had a man come in to fix water damage in two separate closets. In the one, the wall had been repaired too quickly after a pinhole leak, so crumbled out again. In the other, the … Continue reading
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Tagged beets, lettuces, plaster dust, Plot Against Hunger, turnips, volunteers
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More Paradise: A Nice Lunch, Warmth, and the First Radishes!
I started this weekend having lunch on Saturday with some friends. We went to Old Angler’s Inn on the C&O Canal and had a lovely time on their terrace with catkins of oak pollen falling on us. Luckily no one … Continue reading
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Tagged columbines, early spring gardening, lettuces, lilies of the valley, Old Angler's Inn, radishes
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Salad Days and Bouquets
Well, another day in paradise! Gorgeous sunny weather after a week of rain and flash floods. Last week’s work in the garden made a difference—fewer weeds, thriving plants, and sprouting squash. Last week I took lettuces and radishes. This … Continue reading
The Garden Blooms and Grows
Finally, things seem to be growing. Radishes are almost ready to harvest. The lettuces needed to be thinned. The okra is coming up. Flowers are going like crazy. Now I have roses, along with the last of the columbine and … Continue reading
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Tagged columbine, Iris, lettuces, onions, radishes, roses, spring crops, thinning lettuce
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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
So Much Gardening to Do!
There is so much to do in the garden this time of year, and since I work in my own garden as well as Plot Against Hunger gardens at 10th and Barton and the Library, sometimes it seems like there … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, broccoli, Central Library Garden, lettuces, over-wintered crops, Plot Against Hunger, spinach
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Central Library Garden Takes Shape
A Saturday morning work party at Central Library garden beat the thunderstorms to prepare the soil and plant tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers. Library patrons will have noted with chagrin that we have taken up a parking space again with our … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Library Garden, Eggplants, lettuces, mulching, Pea Trellis, peas, peppers, Plot Against Hunger, tomatoes
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Late February and Early March Planting Yields Now
I know. It’s been warm, but I plant some things in March every year if there isn’t snow on the ground. This year the quantity of greens I’m getting just from thinning head lettuces has been wonderful. Today, after planting … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, Central Library Garden, early greens, lettuces, spinach, spring gardening
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