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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: Asian greens
April Tour
It’s hard to believe it is already mid April. I guess time flies when you’re having fun! Things are really growing here this spring, with ample rains and warmer than usual temps. I like to take photos to document things … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged Asian greens, cold frame, flowers, kohlrabi, lettuce, radicchio, spinach
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More Than Enough
The garden is not only giving us plenty to eat right now, it’s actually giving us more than we can eat. The recent warm weather may have given way to more seasonal (make that COLD) temperatures, but the plants seem … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged Asian greens, cheese, containers, Food, homemade, lettuce, spinach
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Growing Asian Vegetables: Tatsoi
This is the first installment in a series about my experiences growing Asian vegetables. My first encounter with tatsoi came at a Kauai farmer’s market in 2008, when my wife and I were in Hawaii on our honeymoon. We were … Continue reading
February in the Greenhouse
After last week’s tour of the cold frames, I thought I would give an update on how things are growing in the greenhouse. I like to document what’s going on periodically for my own records, and it’s also nice to … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian greens, greenhouse, greens, herbs, lettuce, onions, spinach
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February Garden
We continue to get a nice amount of fresh food to eat from our garden in February. Last week we had enough lettuce, spinach and arugula to have a couple of nice salads for lunch. Those greens all came from … Continue reading
Gardening Book Review: Oriental Vegetables
Oriental Vegetables: The Complete Guide for the Gardening Cook By Joy Larkcom 232 pages I bought this book last year when I was looking to expand my knowledge about growing and cooking with Oriental vegetables. I have found that there … Continue reading
Bagging the Harvest
We deal with a lot of harvests here at Happy Acres that need to be refrigerated, especially leafy greens. Up until now we have been using a mix of plastic bags and containers to hold our produce. They are supposedly … Continue reading
