Perpetuating the myth that northern gardeners are just frittering away these winter days and nights reading seed catalogs and gardening books, I’ve been looking through the almanac, in particular The …
Highs and Lows of My Vegetable Garden
How far we've come since the cold days of last winter when we were all pouring over seed catalogs deciding what we would plant in our gardens this year.We didn't know if we would have enough rain, too …
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Seed Sowing Secrets
The last of my seed orders arrived in the mail today and now I have all the seeds I need and want for my 2008 garden.It's hard to imagine that I could be sowing some of my seeds outside in just a few …
Garden Bloggers’ Muse – A New Hoe Quote
Here's the muse: "If you pray for potatoes, have a hoe in your hand." AnonymousHere's a picture:That's one of my hoes, getting ready to work its magic between a few rows of corn.And here's the …
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Tray O’ Tomatoes and The Secret Revealed
I did some research on the water content of vegetables. Did you know that this vegetable is 96% water?Do you know what it is?No, unfortunately, it is not a zucchini squash. It's a cucumber and I let …
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Behold! Food!
When a gardener grows flowers, it is not expected that every flower be picked and put into a bouquet to be enjoyed outside the garden.Even if the gardener has a cutting garden, it would be unusual for …
