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After growing potatoes in the same location for several years, last year a couple of my potatoes had potato scab. It’s a good thing I decided to rotate the crops this year or I’d probably end up with a whole bunch of them this time around. In case you don’t know, potato scab is basically a bacteria Read More >>
Yesterday I spent part of the afternoon picking the remaining pumpkins and squash. Maybe I’m weird, but I always feel sort of bad for all the little squash that don’t make it. If only they had another month to grow, or if the weather was warmer… they’d all have a chance to reach their full potential. Read More >>
I don’t know when my love affair with potatoes began, but I am deeply in love with them. Even though my Irish Handsome Husband loves them, I don’t think I have enough recipes to keep up with the harvest. So in addition to bombarding my neighbors, friends and the local food bank with potatoes, I’ll Read More >>
Yesterday I headed out the the garden with high expectations of harvesting a bumper crop of potatoes from our three potato towers {I’m saving the ones we having growing in the compost pile for this weekend}. I tried growing potatoes in towers and burlap sacks last year, but failed miserably because I had them in Read More >>
Yesterday Lucy Puggle and I built another garden box. 2 down, 14 more to go. And, did I tell you, I think I might have a new boyfriend? He works at the Home Depot in the lumber department. Twice this week I’ve walked in and asked him to pick out boards for me {I want Read More >>
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