We live right on the border between zones 7B and 8A. A mix of the heat of 8A with the frost dates of zone 7B. That summer heat of zone 8A makes growing a cooler spring vegetable garden so appealing! There’s no better time of year to grow quick bolting crops like leafy greens. To
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I have always wanted an English cottage vegetable garden. I love symmetry, order, picket fences, and walking paths. While I’m not sure where the love came from, I know the gardens at historic sites always stayed with me. The mix of flowers, vegetables, and herbs–culinary and medicinal–made the garden such a lovely place to linger
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Farmer Nathan and I love browsing seed catalogs in the winter, dreaming of our summer garden, and possibly getting carried away with our seed orders. (We can’t be the only ones! 😉 ) We’re always excited to try new varieties, colors, and flavors…but some cultivars aren’t happy to meet us and our good and steamy
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When it comes to growing in the garden, winter always seems to sneak upon us! The refreshing air of October quickly turns into the nippy air of December, and many crops do not like this change. There is nothing like fresh salads, radishes, and kale during the cool fall and winter months. But how can
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Carrots. The base of nearly every soup recipe. Delicious raw with dip or slowly roasted in a glaze. What’s not to love about this versatile and delicious vegetable? Too bad carrot germination isn’t as easy as pie! Over the last few years of trying to grow more carrots and figure out how many we need
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Are weeds just weeds? Weeds in the garden can seem like a never-ending task to deal with. Pulling. Hoeing. Cutting. Ploughing. Chopping. It gets exhausting! Having spent many an hour out in the field pulling those countless weeds, I feel your pain. After a few years of weeding, there are patterns that I began to
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You’ve probably seen a myriad of ways to plant potatoes on Pinterest. From pots to wire cylinders, from raised beds, to specially made bags, and the list could go on and on. But you may be wondering how to plant potatoes simply and cheaply. No frills or major upfront investment to get started. Thankfully potatoes
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The beginning of a new growing season is upon us. With the sun warming up the earth, memories of nasty pest infestations from last year, large hairy caterpillars, tiny aphids everywhere, or beetles eating the peppers may present itself. We grow all of our vegetables pesticide-free and know that the struggle is real. But what
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The garden, oh the garden, why oh bugs do you love my garden? I don’t know about you, but one of the hardest things about having a garden is watching a beautiful tomato begin to grow, begin to ripen, and right when it is ready to pick…a tomato hornworm appears from nowhere and devours it!
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March brings a few welcome changes to the winter. The days are growing longer. The air gets a hint of the scent of new life. But unfortunately, it also comes with mud, debris, and the need for good cleaning both inside the house and outside. Hence, spring cleaning! Today we will venture into the garden
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