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Update: Green Potatoes

I received a comment on my old blog yesterday reprimanding me for not tossing the green potatoes I pulled this spring and advising me that I should read up on my history of the Irish Potato Famine… *sigh* Since I am taking that blog…

September 30, 2009
Gardening Life

Making Room for Growth

Last weekend I harvested two and a half pounds of green beans, three pounds of Roma tomatoes, and tons of bell peppers. It was a wonderful feeling to see so much produce on our counter, to know that we had grown it ourselves, and…

September 28, 2009
Gardening

Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education

Last spring I came down with an infection that gave me a lot of extra downtime for reading, which was excellent timing because it was planting time, and I had no idea what I was doing when it came to spring and summer gardening.…

September 20, 2009
Gardening

Canning 101

This is a wonderful time of year in the garden. We’re overflowing in basil, tomatoes, bell peppers, and green beans, and our onions, potatoes, and pumpkins are really taking off.…

September 8, 2009
Gardening

Hornworms!

Nothing gives me the heebie-jeebies worse than wormy-looking things. Larvae. Maggots. Grubs. They all send chills up and down my spine and just about paralyze me. I’m an organic gardener, but nothing else makes me want to run for the strongest pesticide on the…

August 26, 2009