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Harvest Monday, March 27, 2017 – Growing sweet Potatoes Slips + New Varieties + More Seed Starting

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Norma Chang

Last year at Locust Grove Heritable Vegetable Garden we planted six (6) varieties of sweet potatoes – Purple, Ginseng Red, Garrens Red & White, Ivis White Cream, Jersey Yellow and Georgia Jet. This past week I started all 6 varieties … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, July 13, 2015 – Un-Retiring Window Boxes + Container Sweet Potatoes

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Norma Chang

Had a tiny empty area in my garden so decided to sprinkle a few Shanghai Bok Choy seeds and a few Napa Cabbage seeds next to each other in the spot figuring if the seeds germinate I will transplant them … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, November 10, 2014 – Experiments Update (Carrots Transplant & Okinawan Sweet Potato)

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Norma Chang

In my 7/28/14 (click on link and scroll down) post I mentioned experimenting with transplanting carrots and promised an update. This past week I harvested the transplanted carrots. Below are the results, my observations and what I plan to do … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, October 7, 2013 – 4 Varieties of Sweet Potatoes + 1 Carrot on Steriod

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Norma Chang

This past week I was suffering from a case of garden fatigue and hardly set foot in the vegetable garden. Harvested some cilantro and cherry tomatoes for friends and neighbor and that was it. So, for today’s Harvest Monday, I … Continue reading →

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Locust Grove Heritage Vegetable Gardens

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Norma Chang

As promised in my  Monday‘s post, I brought my camera to Locust Grove and took photos of the “not your typical” crops we grow in the Heritage Vegetable Garden. These are crops you would not expect to be growing in a Hudson Valley, … Continue reading →

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