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Harvest Monday, March 28, 2016 – Overwintered Root Crops

From the garden: Parsnips. Harvest about 5½ pounds of parsnips. Most were like the ones in the middle of the above photo, about 7 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter. The smaller ones on the right were still … Continue reading

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Harvest Monday, November 2, 2015 – Garden Survivors + Volunteers

Amazing how hardy many crops are, below are photos of survivors (of the many frosts and hard freeze for the past weeks) in my garden. Radicchio Hoping the above radicchio will form solid heads. The ones planted in May were … Continue reading

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Harvest Monday, June 15, 2015 – A Few Garden First Harvests

Am gradually retiring my window boxes and containers for the summer as my garden is finally producing and the harvests are very promising. Planting only Peppermint Swiss Chard this season, love the color of the stems, so pretty and cheerful … Continue reading

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Harvest Monday, April 20, 2015 – Growing Potatoes & Sweet Potatoes in Containers + Garden Overwintered Root Crops

My daughter, Kathy, grew vegetables for the first time last year and had bountiful harvest. So pleased with her success she is enthusiastically looking forward to this new gardening season even installed grow lights and started some veggies and flowers … Continue reading

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Harvest Monday, April 7, 2014 – I’m Back + Leeks & Parsnips Harvest

I’m back, well temporary. Will be offline again when the kitchen and roof repair jobs start, hopefully soon. By the middle of March all the snow and ice from the roof finally melted. Towards the end of March, the insurance adjuster came to inspect the external … Continue reading

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