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Purple
While I don’t use any purple in the house to decorate (which I might just have to change), it seems I have a weakness for purple in the garden. This evening while the boys were in the kiddie pool, I took some snapshots of the growing eggplants, okra and butterfly garden. Here’s a shot of the majority of the…
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Evening Garden Walk
Birdhouse gourd “Magnus” Coneflower Italian Climbing Squash – when do I harvest this?
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Squash Talk. Climbing “Trombetta”
This morning, which happens to be the Baby’s first birthday, a female blossom opened on the Climbing “Trombetta” Squash, an Italian summer heirloom from Renee’s Garden. There have been a couple other blossoms that never opened and eventually fell off. I had two squash vines and one gourd vine on this trellis, but I lost my other Trombetta vine to…
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Discovery: Bumblebees and Sunflowers
Last summer’s garden was such a disappointment – even the bees wouldn’t come visit it. I’m not sure what happened exactly, because I had bees early in the season, but they disappeared as soon as things heated up. Even with attempting to self-pollinate the tomatoes and squash, production was abnormally low. This Spring I loaded the garden with sunflowers seeds,…
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Summer Sauté with Blue Potatoes, Sweet Onion and Zucchini
I have such a weakness for olive oil and Parmesan cheese. I’ve been cooking various versions of cheesy potatoes since high school. Last summer, I began looking for ways to prepare squash and zucchini other than my usual squash chips or Greek Pasta, so I tossed a handful of chopped squash in with the potatoes and onions. After tweaking with…
