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Lisa's Garden: April 2012

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Sunday, April 22, 2012. Today was very warm and sunny (and humid. after weeks of rain) so planting trees was mostly endurance. Especially the ones in the far pasture, since we have to ford the stream and cross soggy pasture with the wheelbarrows of dirt. But when not planting trees in the hot sun, what a beautiful day! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Casa Foodshed (the Justs).

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Lisa's Garden: January 2011

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Saturday, January 8, 2011. Anyway, now I learn that Nichols is phasing out the Semenis varieties, that they are no going to be carrying them. The Semenis varieties are on a separate rack, away from the regular seeds. This is good; I feel much better about them and trusting them for something as important as the very source of our food! And I think it's wonderful that we have seed companies so close! And finally short plugs for Peace Seedlings. I'm not sure why these are distinct) and for Wild Garden Seed.

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Lisa's Garden: September 2011

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Friday, September 30, 2011. This was really a bumper year in the garden; possibly the best ever, although it was a slow start so maybe I'm getting the wrong impression from this late bounty. We have been overwhelmed with melons. We had two hills of Haogen and one of Chanterais, and they are producing dozens and dozens of small melons. Most I've had before in a year was about 6, and that only in greenhouses! They are a bit watery, I think, but sweet and fragrant. We are still picking green beans, in spite...

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Lisa's Garden: June 2011

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Friday, June 24, 2011. More on ducks and slugs. What a year it has been for slugs! Wow, they are big and everywhere. Not just us, either, almost everyone I've talked to says this is one of the worst years. I even lost a tomato plant to slugs - this was shocking; I didn't even know that would be a problem, earwigs never bother tomato plants. And tiny slugs were eating off the onions and corn seedlings, too (as well as everything else). Ancona ducks, from Boondockers farm. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Lisa's Garden: August 2011

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Saturday, August 6, 2011. Paths and garden growing. The squash of course have eaten the path, and are invading everywhere. All that plenty-of-space was nothing like enough. The cucumbers are invading the onions, the melons are overwhelming the tomatatillos, which are leaning over to menace the peppers; those poor peppers that have a 5' high wall of squash vines massing on their border. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Paths and garden growing. Casa Foodshed (the Justs).

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Lisa's Garden: December 2011

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Saturday, December 17, 2011. Winter is almost here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Winter is almost here. Casa Foodshed (the Justs). Lisa and Jay live on a small farm in Oregon, where we grow as much of our food as we can, practice permaculture and homestead crafts, and have fun!

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Lisa's Garden: January 2012

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012. We've had some warmer weather the last couple of days, the frogs are making a lot of noise and the grass is starting to grow. This afternoon I checked on the beehives, and all three hives had bees coming in and out, enjoying some sunshine. Then this evening when I went out after dark to pick some kale for dinner. the garden is full of. slugs! Sunday, January 15, 2012. What, exactly, do I do with a lot of turmeric? Or, I love the greenhouse. Both basil are dead, as is the tomato.

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Lisa's Garden: Lost crops of the Incas

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Friday, March 30, 2012. Lost crops of the Incas. I've been growing this for some years now. It's easy to grow, fairly attractive plant, at the end of the season you get these large brown tubers to eat and small nobby red parts that easily keep inside overwinter to start next year's plants. But we don't eat them. They are kind of like a water-chestnut but more juicy, slightly sweet. What to do with them? Me, I put them in bags or buckets and they sit around until they go bad. Lost crops of the Incas.