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The Garden Produces
Boy the summer crops are coming fast and plentiful. I have more tomatoes than I’ve had for years–I think because I stopped trying to grow heirlooms. We have so much fungal disease in our soils, that the only way to … Continue reading
The Bounty Comes On
The gardens are doing their summer work of producing. I dropped off about 15 pounds of produce for the Plot Against Hunger this weekend. It included green beans, carrots, tomatoes, summer squash and zucchini. Some of the zucchinis were big, so … Continue reading
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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It’s Too Darn Hot (now hum that)
Because we’re having a weekend of 100 degree weather and high humidity, I asked the Plot Against Hunger volunteers if they would start our weekly maintenance push earlier than usual. Dani was happy to oblige, and boy were we both … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, Plot Against Hunger, squash, tomatoes, winter squash
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The Work Continues
This morning, garden volunteers Sarah, Jane and Ben helped weed the large and small Plot Against Hunger gardens. The small garden has turned into Jane’s baby this year as she takes care of the eight tomatoes planted there, five of … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, beet harvest, flower borders, kale, Plot Against Hunger, squash, tomatoes, Weeding
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Gardens in the Home Stretch
My garden and the Plot Against Hunger gardens are heading toward fall. There are peppers, which come on brilliantly at this time of year, flourishing tomatoes and some struggling summer squash and zucchini. I am not sure there is going … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, bees, Jerusalem Artichokes, Late summer crops, squash, zucchini
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The Garden Shines in Transition
We’re heading into the last few weeks of summer and it looks like it. It sounds like it too, at night with the singing crickets and during the day with the cicada choir. It’s the transition time, with fresh little … Continue reading
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Tagged garlic, Late summer crops, Moon and Stars watermelon, planting fall crops, squash, watermelon
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What Is It About August?
For most people August is that last blast of good summer warmth, the time of vacations, beaches, Maine woods, lakes, and escaping the cares of home and work. For me this is true as well, but August is also the … Continue reading
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Tagged eggplant, heat, Late summer crops, need to water, okra, squash, tomatoes
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Maintenance Mode!
So much was going on today. I had a landscape walk through with the meanest rudest person I know. At 7:30 in the morning. About 45 minutes in I decided to limit my exposure, exited the group and carried about … Continue reading
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Tagged cucumbers, garden maintenance, squash, summer garden, watermelon, Weeding
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The Rush Is On
For the Fourth of July, I was able to feed my guests zucchini, tomatoes, and garlic from my garden, along with some hot peppers that I added to a grain dish. While I had to buy chicken and fish to … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Lake pole beans, chard, kale, okra, peppers, squash, zucchini
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