Eating Your Weeds?
Maybe it was my upbringing on a Wisconsin dairy farm with a father who loved nature or maybe it was working for a farm that regularly sold unusual edibles to restaurants, but this article from the Wall...
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I think most of the vegetables in the garden didn’t mind the cold much, and are very appreciative of the return of some sunshine! I know I’m glad the sun has returned, at least for a few days.The...
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Pretty much all that is growing in the garden right now (besides a few lonely spring bulbs) are weeds. I know! How dare those weeds enter our garden. Oooh…that henbit is pretty much all over the...
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So raspberries are not something you plant in a small space…or a space where you’ll have a hard time keeping them under control. The reason for this rule is that raspberries spread their roots...
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I know that most of you reading this blog are either enamored with my elegant prose or are interested in vegetable gardening. Still…some of you might be a little bit interested in lawns, weeds, or...
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Since we did some garden cleanup this week, I thought I’d share some of those photos. It is always sad to pull out plants, but it is nice when the garden looks clean too! The first thing to go was the...
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Although the plants in the garden are growing like weeds (the weeds are also growing like weeds, in the interest of full disclosure!), we are kind of in that post-planting but pre-harvest lull in the...
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Another Friday is here! There is no sign of germination where we planted seeds last week, so I’m beginning to get a little concerned. I haven’t done a great job of keeping the soil moist, but then it...
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Another week, another cold snap. It looks like we may be in for that same weather pattern next week. UGH! Here’s a little bit of spring cheer for you though: I found this mini iris blooming and...
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Have you survived the first bout of heat this week? It is definitely a change for this year! Here’s the view of the whole garden for the week. I took the picture Thursday afternoon, hence the full sun!...
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