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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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Updates with Old Pictures
Once again, I went to the garden without my camera. It’s a pattern these days. I have some old photos to share and will try to do better with the camera next time. I’m really pleased with where the garden … Continue reading
The Constant Gardener?
Goodness what a week. It started with a white woman threatening a black man with police for asking her to leash her dog in an area of Central Park reserved for birds and wild things. It ended with riots. In … Continue reading
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Tagged current events, gardening, Plot Against Hunger, vegetables
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Once More ‘Round the Garden
This week we had a final garden work day to do a little left-over clean up. We cleared the large outside AFAC plot that the County is going to take over and maintain. This involved moving the asparagus I planted … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, broccoli, caulifower, Plot Against Hunger, putting the garden to bed
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Playing Catch-Up
I can’t believe I last wrote back in September. Well, now it’s deep fall, not just that official, astronomical fall. My garden is nearly cleaned up, the cold frame has returned and is housing some lovely lettuces, and all but … Continue reading
Spring Is Springing
I have been a very bad blogger since my last post–neither visiting nor writing. I apologize and will try to catch up on all the news, soon. It’s a beautiful Easter Day here today, and I’m resting after making starters … Continue reading
At Summer’s Height, Fall Planting
It’s getting to be the time to plant second crops, depending on where you are. Fall planting means planting to eat in the fall (or winter), and a few things can start going in now. This morning I had arranged … Continue reading
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Tagged fall planting, flowers from the garden, Plot Against Hunger, summer gardening
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Catching Up
I can’t believe I haven’t written for more than a month. It isn’t as though the garden isn’t in full swing. I forgot the camera a number of times and then when I took it, I didn’t find time to … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, irises, love in a mist, peonies, Plot Against Hunger, roses, spring gardening, spring greens
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Ready, Set, Hands in the Dirt!!
It has been in the upper 60’s and mid-70’s for about two weeks. As I mentioned last week, I did some planting in the small Plot Against Hunger garden and my own, in hopes that the seeds will have an … Continue reading
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Tagged Plot Against Hunger, preparing the garden, spring gardening
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Have I Mentioned It’s Hot?
Today Jane and Dani showed up at 8:00 am to weed the gardens and it was steamy even by then. It has only been dropping into the mid and upper seventies overnight, so you can get some idea of the … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, buckwheat, Butternut squash, cover crops, Plot Against Hunger, rats in the garden, squash, summer gardening, tomatoes
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