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A Spud’s Tale: A Multisowing of Potatoes
I have quite a few potatoes from my winter adventure left handing around. They are not exactly the prettiest potatoes but they are sprouting and I have space after pulling my last load. Normally, I would just plant a few of them. However this time, I have lots of them and few places to put…
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Garden Update for June 2022
So it has been a few months since my last garden update. Sorry about that but life happens. While I have been away the garden has been rolling along. The early heat has caused some serious issues and my ability to grow tomatoes appears to be compromised because I am seemingly not very good at…
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Composting System
After several months of chaos, I am back in the saddle again. My garden has suffered from my time away and I will give you an update on everything next week. This week we are going to be talking about my experiment with my new composting system. Theory Behind Composting System The basis of this…
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Garden Update for March 2022
It is that time of the month again in the garden. You know that time where we look into the garden and see what trouble is mucking about? It’s time for the Garden Update for March 2022. What’s Up in the Garden? I am nearly finished with my cool weather crops. I still have some…
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Spring into Action for Some Spring Time Planting
The leaves are bursting out, the flowers are bursting out and I hope the robins will be bursting out of their eggs. It is spring. After several false starts, I finally got some of my starts out into the garden. I originally thought I would not fill much of it but that won’t be an…
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What Is Gardening Success? My Garden Goals in 2022.
This year we have had unusually low lows in March. It has caused me a delay of two weeks for planting my cool season plants. Since they are using the growing trays, lights and heat mats that I need to grow my summer plants, I have some delays on those too. I’m only going to…
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How to Deal with Peat Moss
If you have ever bought a bale of peat moss, you will notice something about it. It is compressed. This is great for transport but not so great for getting mixed into your garden. That thing is just shy of a concrete block in hardness but very flaky like a pie crust. I got a…
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Garden Update February 2022
It is hard to believe that we are already needing an garden update as February 2022 is nearly gone. It is freaky but my cold weather transplants are already 2 weeks old. I will be getting them harden off this week and into the ground likely by the end of the week. Lets dig into…
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My Favorite Raised Bed Building Methodology
So over the last several years, I have been expanding my garden. This year is no exception. My original plan was to expand my rows but instead, I cut the Bradford Pear and decided to add another row. Because of this, I figured I would show you my general process for filling a raised bed.…
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Growing Sweet Potato Slips, God’s Way
It is January. A time to take down Christmas decorations, getting back into working and ordering seeds. If you are in the southern US, it is also time for growing your sweet potato slips. If you read on the internet about growing sweet potato slips, you get a supply list of a glass, some water…