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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
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Tagged bee balm, beets, carrots, late spring harvests, pole beans, zinnias, zucchini
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They’re Out There…
This is the weekend of the winged and many legged creatures. And a little gardening. Friday evening I was in the kitchen and heard that pinging noise that means something is flying at a light. It fell, hit the top … Continue reading
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Tagged Fall gardening, garlic, spiders, tomatoes, wasp nests, wasps, zinnias, zucchini
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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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Summer’s Plenty Comes On
This seems to be a good year for cucumbers. In the Plot Against Hunger garden, we harvested quite a few this week, as well as about 15 pounds of other produce. In my own garden the cucumber vines are thriving. … Continue reading
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Tagged cucumbers, food in jars, pickles, tomatoes, zucchini
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Summer’s Harvest Arrives
Gardens have begun to bear prolifically—a nice thing for gardeners, their neighbors and friends and the Arlington Food Assistance Center. Last Thursday evening, Filmona, who volunteers in the 10th and Barton Plot Against Hunger, and I harvested seven pounds of … Continue reading
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Tagged AFAC, eggplant, okra, Plot Against Hunger, zucchini
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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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The Summer Garden: Lush and Productive
The garden is unbelievably lush, what with all the rain we’ve had. I continue to harvest kale and chard, but now have tomatoes (one ripe this week!), zucchini, and beans blossoming. A couple weeks ago, I noticed that my zucchini … Continue reading
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Tagged garlic, harvesting garlic, planting garlic, pole beans, summer garden, zucchini, zucchini yellowed
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