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How to Keep Carrots, Potatoes and Beets Fresh All Winter Michelle writes: How do you cure root crops like potatoes and carrots to last longer than a couple weeks? I’ll be tipping over 2 of my three potato towers to see how that turned out. Now I’m wondering how on earth I preserve potatoes for Read More >>
Is it just me, or does my garden look totally naked? Sheesh, all I did was pull up a few dying plants and tidy up the place and now the garden is almost bare. I don’t know whether to be happy this years harvest is nearly over, or if I should be motivated to get Read More >>
Baby it’s cold outside! My goodness. I went out to water the plants in the greenhouse this morning and it was pretty darn chilly. I need to get a warmer bathrobe if I’m going to be out watering my plants at 10 am. 😉 So far the sage, thyme and chives I transplanted alongside the Read More >>
Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 40 of 52 Yesterday I spent about 8 hours in the garden trimming hedges, pulling up spent tomato plants and basically cleaning up the garden beds. It looks pretty bare out there now, but hopefully I’ll be able to get a few more fall vegetables planted before it’s Read More >>
Christina, a freelance graphic designer from Nevada sent in a boatload of pictures of her garden recently and I thought they were super cool. So I asked her to give us a virtual tour: The Live Long and Prosper garden is about 15 by 25 feet and is located in a large area behind my Read More >>
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