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Blue Potatoes
Never one to be accused of being patient, I just had to find out what the blue potatoes were doing under the soil. Selecting the weakest looking plant, I sent my trowel down into the soil and loosened the plant roots, careful not to scar the potatoes. I then grabbed the plant with my fist and pulled upward which unearthed several dark colored globes. I then dug around the hole searching out the ones left behind. The color is…
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A Greenward Progression
Our super markets seem to now be saturated with the words GREEN, NATURAL, and ORGANIC, and that paired with all the news reports about brands misusing these terms has pushed many folks to growing their own produce. Idealistically, they plan on putting a couple seeds or transplants in the ground, sitting on the deck sipping lemonade and watching their garden spring up before their very eyes, filled with large, plump produce of course. Anyone who has awoken to discover their squash…
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Discovery: Onion Blossom and Sunflower
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Harvesting Garlic
Last fall, I planted a three foot by three foot space of garlic in the back corner of my herb garden for the second year in a row. I planted three or four varieties, including elephant garlic that I received in a Papa Spuds delivery and some Spanish Garlic, which I saved from last year’s harvest. Last year, while the bulbs did develop and packed a flavor punch, due to the lack of nutrients, they were so tiny they almost…
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The Gardener’s Tacky Scale
After a janut to the flea market in which our divergent tastes in garden decor were made more aparent, the Man and I instituted the tacky scale. Zero means a potential installation isn’t tacky at all, and three implies it is very tacky. A score of 0 means, cost permitting, I can install without consultation. A score of 1 requires consultation, bargain limitations permitting. A score of 2 requires consulation and begging. A score of 3 just isn’t going to happen in…
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Garden Envy
Confession: if you are already harvesting squash, I don’t like you. Well, okay, maybe I like you but I’m mad at you. After all, I blog about gardening. I take pretty pictures of plants. And yet, my entire nectarine tree is covered in brown rot, the beans are holier than the Virgin Mary, and my summer squash plants will not grow. The climbing Italian summer squash from Renee’s Garden Seeds is doing awesome, but the generic yellow squash that everyone and their…
