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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…
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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…
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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…
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