Life In The Slow Lane
Posted in Gardening on Jul 12th, 2010
The garden seemed to go into overdrive this week. The kitchen island has been loaded up every day with goodies from the garden, and the freezer is filling up fast.
The blueberries and blackberries are hitting their peak, even as the tomato harvest is just beginning. We picked about 3.5 gallons of blackberries, and a gallon [...]
Posted in Gardening on Jun 28th, 2010
The big harvest item for the week was garlic, though it isn’t reflected in the totals. I won’t weigh it until it has cured and I can get it trimmed up for storage. All of the garlic is harvested now except for a silverskin variety called Silver White that is still not quite ready. I [...]
Posted in Gardening on Jun 14th, 2010
When I went to check on the garlic beds yesterday I was shocked to find that some of it was ready to be dug. It’s exactly two weeks before I started digging last year, but then I remembered that I had waited too long for a couple of varieties. Not surprisingly, those were two of [...]
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An organic (mostly) gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and being self-sufficient.
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