Category Archives: gluten free

Harvest Monday, August 7, 2017 – Garlic Failure + Floating Row Cover + Harvests

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Norma Chang

In ground garlic crop failed, well, not completely. There are 2 reasons why my garlic plants growing in the garden were near total failure. Reason No. 1: Location I failed to take into consideration the shade from my neighbor’s trees … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, July 10, 2017 – Sweet Potato Experiment #2 + Seedlings Update + …..

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Norma Chang

My sweet potato containers (and other containers as well) are placed among my shrubs and perennials. Below is a Purple Sweet Potato, an early variety SP with very vigorous growing vine. Previous years I allow the vines to roam freely. … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, May 8, 2017 – Container Fig, Lettuce & Kale

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Norma Chang

The weather prediction for the week of April 24 was pretty warm for that time of year so I decided to take a chance and wheeled the container fig tree out of the garage and onto the driveway on April … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, October 31, 2016 + Peanuts Harvest & Boil at Locust Grove

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Norma Chang

We had snow, our first snow of the season! Although the ground was all white, that scene did not last long as the snow turned to freezing rain followed with just rain and that washed away all the ice and … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, September 12, 2016 – Bees & Figs + Freezing Asian Greens + Cooking Sweet Potato Leaves

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Norma Chang

The birds were getting blamed for my damaged figs until I saw the following sight. The bees discovered my ripened figs and decided they really, really like figs. Now I must pick my figs as soon as they are ready, … Continue reading →

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