Archive for the 'Year-Round Gardening' Category

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Is it spring yet?

It must be getting close because it is seed catalog season in a HUGE WAY! All of us here at GA have received dozens of catalogs from businesses selling their seeds, bulbs and gardening supplies.

And it’s got me pumped up for spring!

Over the last couple weekends, I’ve been clearing out the vegetable beds and laying […]

Posted by Les on January 31st, 2008 under Garden Planning, Year-Round Gardening | 1 Comment »

Winter Harvest

There is something satisfying about harvesting in winter. Like I’ve succeeding in feeding myself year round.
With the abundance of seed catalogs arriving and my desire to get the garden started its nice to still be eating from last years plantings.
I pulled more carrots today, they have a nice sweetness from the winter cold.

These became […]

Posted by Valria on January 8th, 2008 under Harvest & Succession Planting, Year-Round Gardening, Garden Maintenance | Comment now »

Time to plant Garlic!

The hardest part about planting garlic is picking a place to put in next years garlic, oh and also finding a day that its not pouring down rain and not too cold that you can stand to be outside planting.
Garlic is a bulb and is planted in the fall. These will start to grow […]

Posted by Valria on November 13th, 2007 under Garden Planning, Starting Plants, Harvest & Succession Planting, Year-Round Gardening | Comment now »

Fall Carrots / Plantings

Today I planted some fall vegetables. All except the carrots are the same spring variety’s I planted earlier this year. I did plant two types of spinach earlier in the year but today I just went for the 45 day variety. Hoping to get it in and up and harvested in this […]

Posted by Valria on September 8th, 2007 under Garden Planning, Harvest & Succession Planting, Year-Round Gardening | Comment now »

What a Month!

First, thank you all, dear readers! Thank you for visiting us, and thank you for your wonderful feedback!
What began as a fun project that we dreamed up has become an exciting outlet for our garden and food related ramblings, and hopefully a resource that you will continue to come back to for information and inspiration.
Please […]

Posted by Les on April 18th, 2007 under Year-Round Gardening, Garden Maintenance, Recommended | Comment now »

Leek and Chard Sauté

Nothing beats the refreshing flavor of overwintered leeks and chard harvested directly from your garden. If you didn’t have a chance to get leeks and chard planted in your winter garden last fall, then these two vegetables are readily available at your local market. Make this simple and delicious sauté in less than […]

Posted by Brenda on March 30th, 2007 under Year-Round Gardening, Cooking Fresh | Comment now »

Proof of Life

In springtime, when the planting season rolls around, I’m always reminded of how patience truly is a virtue. I grew up in Kansas, where the summers where abysmally hot and humid, frequently topping out above the 100 degree mark, and the winters were snowy and Arctic cold - single digit temperatures weren’t uncommon. But since […]

Posted by Les on March 26th, 2007 under Garden Planning, Starting Plants, Year-Round Gardening | Comment now »

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