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Granex Yellow Onions – Planted January 1st, 2013 One of the things I want to be better at this year is documenting my garden in real time, from start to finish. A sort of photographic journey as I plant, sow, and harvest my backyard bounty. I think so many times when we read books and Read More >>
It has been raining like cats and dogs all day long. I heard a huge tree fall behind our house this afternoon, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the power goes out at some point too. In fact according to the forecast, there is suppose to be rain the next 7 days. Yikes! So instead Read More >>
I cannot remember a year when I have grown such a variety of lettuce. The other day as I was harvesting the remaining greens from my very first lettuce pallet, I suddenly had a craving for bbq chicken. So I thought, hey why not combine the two. After all, people make Chicken Cesar salad all Read More >>
Recently, I received a nice email from Emilie in Quebec: “For this summer, I think about having lettuce, strawberries and tomatoes. (is it too much? I have class all summer too so I’ll have maybe 2-4 hours a day to give to gardening.) I know that I’m too late for most of the seeding process, but I don’t Read More >>
Sometimes I think people are turned off by gardening because they don’t think they have they space. This morning I went out and harvested a large bowl full of salad greens. Salad greens I had started in a recycled wood pallet about 6 weeks ago. Tonight will be enjoying our very first “wood pallet salad.” Read More >>
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