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Catching Up

After weeks of the weather and other plans conspiring against me getting caught up in the garden, 8 hours with my hands in the dirt today has me feeling much better. Plus, the nights have been so cold and the days so rainy that I’m probably not as far behind as I feel like I [...]

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Garden Plan 2010

The seeds that I ordered have arrived and I’ve been sorting and organizing them into a new box with the seeds from 2008 and 2009. But the biggest part of planning the garden every year is actually figuring out what is going where. I actually do this before I order seeds so that I have [...]

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Potatoes in holes

A few weeks ago I alluded to a new potato growing method around here. I promised a post to Anita and then failed to follow through (story of my life right now!). So I thought tonight was as good a night as any.

Last year we planted potatoes in rows and then hilled them in the [...]

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Unexpected Origins

I put in the second round of bush beans yesterday afternoon. In the process I was fascinated to find that the yellow Pencil Pod Wax Beans start out as black seeds.

Whodathunk?

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