December 7, 2017
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Winter gardening is a tricky business, but at our market garden, Verdigris, we are experimenting with ways of growing, or at least harvesting vegetables all year round. I tested our soil this morning to see where we were with the … Continue reading
May 12, 2016
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Recently I was privileged to attend the 70th annual Colonial Williamsburg Garden Symposium sponsored in part by the American Horticultural Society. The theme was Trailblazers and Trendsetters. Our keynote speaker was Joe Lamp’l from the PBS Series “Growing A Greener … Continue reading
March 19, 2016
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Say that five times fast! Even though we have had a very mild winter and spring, I am not rushing into planting the garden. With global warming and climate change, the weather that used to be so reliant and predictable … Continue reading
February 26, 2016
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Hello, Hello, Hello! to new garden beds and goodbye to the rest of the back lawn! We have been slowly converting the back yard into a homesteading oasis, functional and beautiful at the same time, we hope. One of the … Continue reading
January 5, 2016
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Last January I wrote a blog about really setting some homesteading, sustainability and other goals for our household. With the state of the world, our broken industrial systems as well as our environment, it seemed like a good idea to … Continue reading
May 17, 2015
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Recently, my partner and I expanded our garden outside the confines of our little urban plot. We applied for and were approved for a small patch in the Franklin County Community Garden program. Our 12’X12’ plot is part of … Continue reading
March 23, 2015
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Pardon the bad grammar, but it is just my way of introducing the topic of vertical gardening. Living in a city, or anywhere for that matter sometimes means working with limited garden space. On our little, patch, we only have … Continue reading
March 30, 2014
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Despite the last gasps of winter we have been experiencing here in Central Ohio (including a half inch of snow yesterday), the garden trudges on. Regardless of yesterday’s weather, the soil temperature has been consistently climbing and is definitely warm … Continue reading
March 5, 2014
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In historic agrarian cultures, the late winter and early spring were known as “The Hungry Times”. Winter stores of meat have been nearly exhausted or have gone bad due to poor preservation techniques and new crops of spring vegetables were … Continue reading
February 26, 2014
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This is always an exciting time for me. February is the time I plan the vegetable garden for the next year as well as any larger projects I plan to take on for the year. For the last two years, … Continue reading
