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Continue reading →: Garlic and Food Miles
Did you know that most of the garlic in the grocery stores is from China? I guess I shouldn’t be that shocked, when so much of our food comes from somewhere else… But for such a seemingly simple thing, that is a lot of food miles. I have never really…
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Continue reading →: Looking towards next year…
Fall is the time to evaluate how the growing year went. The successes, the failures, and the inevitable weather challenges you may or may not have conquered. You add these all up and then plan for next year. Here are some of my plans… My backyard garden will probably be…
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Continue reading →: Potatoes – Harvest 2013
We learned a ton of things about growing potatoes this year. Mostly mistakes we made in our ambition to grow ALL the things… And then many injuries and weather conditions changed a lot of our plans… Here are the top 3 things we learned: 1) Use seed potatoes for a…
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Continue reading →: Carrots – Harvest 2013
Earlier in September, we harvested our garden. Rather than writing about everything all in one post, I wanted to break it up a little, and organize it all a little better. Today is Carrots. You can read about the star of our 2013 Harvest – Goliath the giant Turnip here.…
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