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Dave
Southern Indiana
USDA Zone 6bAn organic (mostly) gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and striving to be self-sufficient.
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Tag Archives: arugula
December Harvests
December has brought our first really cold weather of the season (for us), but the garden keeps on giving. The cold frames and greenhouse are protecting many of the plants, but others are doing well unprotected despite the cold. This … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged arugula, Asian greens, kale, komatsuna, lettuce, radishes, spinach, turnips
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Google It, Part 2
This is the second part to a post I started yesterday detailing the Google searches people are using of late that brings them to this blog. I thought it would be helpful to list the hot topics and to give … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Reviews
Tagged arugula, baking, bread, buns, cold frame, containers, petunias
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Google It
One of the nice things about using WordPress as a blogging platform is that there are thousands of plugins written for it. Plugins are programs that give added functionality to WordPress, extending it to do almost anything you can imagine. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Reviews
Tagged arugula, containers, eggplant, lettuce, pita, recipes, tatsoi
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Arugula Windfall
They say when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. So when the garden gives us arugula, I guess it means you should make…..pesto! It’s a good thing arugula is a favorite here at HA. The two window box … Continue reading
Wild About Arugula
For an easy to grow plant that is versatile in the kitchen, it’s hard to beat arugula. Even so, I have to admit I am a recent convert to the I Love Arugula fan club. But now that I have … Continue reading
Winter Greens
I harvested some of our winter greens on an as-needed basis last week. First up was some komatsuna that has been growing in one of the cold frame beds since October. These plants have been frozen and thawed on an … Continue reading
Salad Greens in Containers
One of my goals is to grow as much fresh food as possible year round. In winter, it is nice to have an assortment of greens available to complement things from the cellar, pantry or freezer. Cold frames help make … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged arugula, Asian greens, containers, greens, kale, lettuce, mesclun, salad, seeds
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