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Dark Days Challenge Meal #2

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dave

The Dark Days Challenge has 120+ participants from all over the U.S. doing the best we can to eat local during the winter months. Our challenge is to prepare at least one meal a week using only Sustainable, Organic, Local … Continue reading →

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Garlic Planting Time

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dave

It’s garlic planting time here again in Southern Indiana. I generally wait until late October or early November to plant ours, and yesterday was a great day to get it done, before the rain moved in today. I wait until … Continue reading →

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2011 Garlic Harvest

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dave

All the garlic from the 2011 harvest has now been cured, trimmed up and weighed. As I expected after I finished the digging, it was our best year yet at HA for one of our favorite vegetables. There’s hardly a … Continue reading →

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July Harvests

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Dave

All of a sudden, it seems the harvests have gone into full-blown summertime mode. We’ve been harvesting cherry and cluster tomatoes since late June, but this week we got our first Early Girls and Jaune Flamme’s. That’s a good sign … Continue reading →

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Harvesting the Early Garlic

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Dave

It’s hard to believe, but it’s time to start harvesting garlic here. The early varieties were starting to show yellowing and drying of the lower leaves, so I dug a few to see what they looked like. They looked ready … Continue reading →

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June Salads and Herbs

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Dave

Our experiments with having more salad greens this summer are paying off so far. I’ve got beds around the greenhouse that get morning sun and afternoon shade, and I’ve planted some of them with heat tolerant lettuce and other greens. … Continue reading →

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Early June Harvests

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Dave

I guess the star of the harvest this week has to be the cherries. The crop this year wasn’t as good as last years, but we were happy to get almost two pounds of them. It is possible the oldest … Continue reading →

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