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Plant peas, spinach, and arugula on St. Patrick’s Day
Today is ST. PATRICK’S DAY- TIME TO PLANT PEAS, SPINACH AND ARUGULA. I always plant them right around now and use the holiday as a reminder. I stayed home today to recoup after putting Butch down....
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Seed Heating Mats for Starting Seeds Indoors
I did a little experiment. I started my lettuce bowl, putting seeds on the ‘bowl’ and lightly covering with sand. I didn’t have enough room to put the whole bowl on my seed heating mat (I’ve ordered...
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Time to plant spinach and lettuce
Now is the time to plant spinach and lettuce OUTSIDE as well as peas if you haven’t already done it. This year I am putting them between the rows of garlic I planted last November as APHIDS DO NOT LIKE...
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Lettuce bowl ready for first thinning
Here is the lettuce bowl I planted on Mar 7, only 13 days ago. Remember how it was barely coming up where it hung off the seed heat mat-well no more! It is coming up beautifully. It’s so nice to see a...
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Thinning and preparing mesclun/greens-keeping your homegrown greens fresh!
Here are my steps to thinning and preparing mesclun so it doesn’t WILT in your refrigerator. In fact you can use this method after you clean any greens in ANY STAGE from microgreens to full grown...
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Fall Vegetable Planting Schedule
Ok, so now since it is time to plant my fall veggie garden, here is my planting schedule FIRST-WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN Depends a lot on what you like to eat. Below is MY list of what I want to plant for...
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Spring has sprung! (well almost)
In celebration of my FIRST CROPS coming up in the greenhouse, I’ve changed the background color on my blog back to green from winter blue. In my mind, winter is over although not officially – that...
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Green House Lettuce, Bok Choy & Chard on 3-31-14
Holy Schmole! My lettuce, in the picture above was planted as transplants back on February 17th and look at it at the end of March. Fantastic! So excited to not have to buy lettuce and greens for a...
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Gardening this spring
But first one last memorial-I couldn’t resist because I found this photo. I haven’t written much lately because I’ve been sadden by the death of my favorite kittie-kat, Trini. Above is a photo taken by...
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Extending the Season-Making a Low Tunnel
I taught a class in late August on Planting for a Fall Harvest where I showed the students you don’t have to have a Greenhouse to extend the season. You can also have a cold frame or even simpler is...
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