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Continue reading →: Garden Recipe Roundup
When we have some less common veggies in the garden, I always try to cook something with a few of them to show how they might be used and to give them a fair taste test. Many of you know that I’m not a huge fan of eggplant, but I…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – August 19, 2016We have been busily harvesting a number of vegetables – especially peppers and tomatoes. I’m pretty pleased with most of our tomato varieties. Although some have had cracking issues, most of them have been yielding pretty consistently. Every week the garden feels more and more like a jungle. For better…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – August 5, 2016We have hit our stride with summer produce over the past couple weeks, and unlike some years, there really aren’t many signs of decline around the garden…yet. Although, in the interest of full disclosure, we did remove the cucumbers that were in the accessible beds. They were pretty sad at…
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Continue reading →: Prepping for Fall & Beating the Heat
Many years, fall is my favorite time in the garden here in Kansas. The tricky thing is getting yourself into a “fall” mindset when it is still blazingly hot in early August. Yes, now is the time to plan, prepare, and plant your fall vegetable garden! We started seeds for…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – July 22, 2016
Another sweltering week, another Friday photoessay! Let’s take a break from our Tomato Day preparations to take a quick look around the Demonstration Garden. I would say that we have reached the midpoint of summer in the garden. While many plants are still going to grow and mature, the tomato…