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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: tomatoes
Vegetable List For 2012
I’ve come up with a tentative list of vegetable varieties I’m planning on growing in 2012. Last month I took inventory of my seed supplies, then I started looking at the 2012 seed catalogs as they arrived to find any … Continue reading
Hot Chili For a Cold Day
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
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Food
Tagged Dark Days Challenge, local, peppers, soup, tomatoes
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Stars of the Garden in 2011
Even though the gardening year is not quite over yet, I want to take the time to spotlight a few of our star performers in the 2011 garden. This is not an all-inclusive list, and it isn’t limited to new … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged blackberries, cucumber, peppers, spaghetti squash, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, yardlong beans
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November Harvests
I love gardening this time of year. The pace is slower for one thing. And most of the vegetables don’t demand daily harvesting. I did cut quite a bit of broccoli the other day before our first hard freeze – … Continue reading
Green Tomato Bread
Whole wheat pastry flour gives this bread a big nutritional boost, and a lovely color. Green tomatoes add moisture and texture, but remain pretty well undetectable to picky eaters. The pureed tomato and sugar mixture can be prepared and frozen … Continue reading
Last of the Summer Vegetables
This week brought a forecast for our first killing frost, right on schedule for our area. That had me scrambling to harvest and process all of the warm season vegetables before it was too late. As it turned out, we … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening
Tagged basil, eggplant, lettuce, peppers, preserving, salads, tomatoes
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October Harvests
In early October the garden is still giving us summer vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and okra, but their numbers are fading. As the seasons change, so do the harvests. Now we are also enjoying a variety of greens and … Continue reading
