Tag Archives: Gardening

Harvest Monday, March 8, 2010

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Dave

This week’s harvest added some baby spinach to the mix. I made a wilted spinach salad with some hot balsamic vinaigrette, orange sections and walnuts. The spinach was harvested when I did the final thinning from one of the greenhouse … Continue reading →

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Salads To Go

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Dave

One of the new things I tried last year was planting lettuce and other greens in plastic window boxes. I did it because I was doing a seminar on vegetable gardening and I needed something portable to illustrate how easy … Continue reading →

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Harvest Monday, March 1, 2010

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Dave

After reading about other gardeners and their Harvest Mondays for a while now, I have decided to join in with my own harvests. Every Monday over at Daphne’s Dandelions folks link to posts about their weekly harvests. Thanks to Daphne … Continue reading →

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Salad Garden Update

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Dave

Last month I wrote about the seedlings I started for our March salads. I thought I would give a little update on how they are doing. The seeds were started in this 200-cell plug tray. After one week, they were … Continue reading →

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Do the Wave

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Dave

I love petunias, always have. I remember growing red multiflora types from seed years ago so I could have lots of them for the hummingbirds. They seem to love petunias too, especially the red shades. In fact, they like them … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday: Royalty at the Fair

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Dave
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Son of Scratchy

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Dave

My dad loved to feed the birds. He even made a special pole-mounted feeder to discourage the tree squirrels from eating all the bird seed. He also fed his squirrels to keep them away from the feeder. At least, that … Continue reading →

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