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We didn’t have any potatoes left in the pantry so I headed out the garden to pull up the remaining potato towers this morning. The last potato tower I pulled up sort of bombed, so I was hoping for a much better yield this time. I started to get a little excited when I saw a couple of Read More >>
I went out to the garden this afternoon to find some fruit for a fruit salad tonight, and was surprised to find so much out there. Here it is almost October, and there’s still plenty of good stuff growing in the backyard. Pretty stinkin’ awesome if you ask me. A few years ago we planted Read More >>
This year my goal is to grow 2,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think I can do it. With 16 raised garden beds, a greenhouse, a raspberry patch and a few more planting beds sprinkled throughout our property, I believe growing 2,000 pounds of food is an attainable goal. Even if I do Read More >>
This morning I decided it was finally time to tidy up the bean teepee area. Which included of course, harvesting the remaining Anna Swartz Hubbard squash. I must admit, I am pretty pleased with how I fared poundage wise this year with these squash. 184 pounds 1 ounce. Hot diggety! Now comes the hard part. Storing it all. Read More >>
This weekend past weekend one of my garden chores was to pull up the dying zucchini plants. It took all of 5 minutes, and then zucchini season was over. Just like that. I was actually hoping to get one more round of giant zucchinis so I could doorbell ditch them onto my neighbors porches, but Read More >>
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