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Yup, Thinking of Fall Planting…
The garden has been a bit droopy lately because it is hot and the customary afternoon thunderstorms have either not happened or have happened two miles away. I was not able to get to the garden last week until Friday … Continue reading
Beating Back the Flower Coup
After talking last week about the zinnia coup in the garden, I got in there this week and started to fight back. I was feeling immensely guilty about ripping some of them out, but along came a fellow gardener who … Continue reading
Returning to Flowers
Well, I got back from the wilds of Central Illinois, but only after changing my flight to accommodate the summer nor’easter that blew through the mid-Atlantic states Friday and Saturday. It gave us about 7 inches of rain, which on … Continue reading
Of Gardens, Kitchens, and Books…
Flowers are taking over my garden. They were smothering my little eggplants, which really couldn’t take much more after the flea beetles got at them. They were hovering over the pepper plants, too and shading some squash in the back. … Continue reading
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Tagged blossom rot, Kitchen remodel, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, painting, summer garden, zinnias
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Summer Comes On
I am certainly eating from the garden these days, which is a great pleasure. This weekend I harvested carrots, beets, lettuces, radishes and onions. From what I could see, there are at least three zucchini that will be ready later … Continue reading
Posted in Local Food
Tagged bee balm, beets, carrots, late spring harvests, pole beans, zinnias, zucchini
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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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Fall Comes On
This weekend I cleaned up the Plot Against Hunger gardens and then went to my own to work. It is beginning to look like fall in the garden and elsewhere. The rats have been temporarily vanquished. As a result I … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, Butternut squash, eggplant, Fall gardening, oregano, zinnias
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Flowers, Bees, Finches and Moths
This morning was another hot day and I got to the garden early. Given the damage done to the large Plot Against Hunger garden, the rats, and the general end of season malaise, I just did a little harvesting (more … Continue reading
Heat and Lushness
Last weekend I weeded the small and large Plot Against Hunger gardens and then I weeded our newly lent garden, which is full of tomatoes, onions and squash, not to mention basil. I harvested some things for AFAC, including a … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, bees, bird netting, peppers, Plot Against Hunger, tomatoes, Weeding, zinnias
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The Garden Begins to Recover
What a difference a week makes! I’m getting my mojo back in the garden. I went a couple times this week and weeded. I kept running into these guys. I like the one in green boots. I had wanted to … Continue reading
