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Continue reading →: Family of 4 Harvest
I’m actually attending a conference in Portland, Oregon this week, so I don’t have any updated pictures. The other posts you are seeing this week are things I wrote before I left. I may post about some of the horticultural interest I see here, but we’ll see how busy I…
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Continue reading →: Eating Swiss Chard
I may have found the right way to eat Swiss Chard. It’s still not my favorite vegetable, but I think this recipe makes it tolerable… Sauteed Swiss Chard Chop chard stems and as much of the leaves as you want to eat. Keep the stems and leaves separate. Mince a…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
It’s that time again! I’ve got some very cool pictures to share from the garden this week. This Black Swallowtail butterfly was enjoying the African Blue Basil earlier this week. I think it may have just come out of its chrysalis, because it didn’t fly away when I walked by.…
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Continue reading →: Attack of the Hornworm!
Apparently removing some tomato plants disrupted a (not so) friendly tomato hornworm. Quite the caterpillar he is too! I think he is getting ready to pupate, he’s so huge! Here you can see the size compared to my index finger. Yikes! I think he’s been eating his fill of cherry…
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Continue reading →: Fall Cleanup Begins
Yesterday was a busy day in the Demonstration Garden. We had a lot to harvest, and then some plants to pull out and some seeds to plant! Our fall beans were ready to pick. They don’t have a heavy crop, but they sure are delicious! We also pulled a few…