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Continue reading →: My Tomato is Rotting!
If you’ve ever grown tomatoes, chances are you’ve run into this problem at least once. Those gorgeous green tomatoes (and usually the first ones of the season!) will develop and ugly brown-black, rotten looking area. It could be only a small spot, but in severe cases it can take up…
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Continue reading →: Beets for Picky Eaters?
Not only do I like to try growing new and different vegetables, I also enjoy finding new ways to use vegetables. A couple years ago I knew a pastry chef who made some really good vegetable ice creams. A few months later I came across a recipe for Beet Ice…
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Continue reading →: Cabbage & Onions & Beets, Oh My!
Today was a busy day in the Demonstration Garden, and especially in the Family of 4 Garden. We decided that it was time for the remaining 2 red cabbage plants to go. The tomatoes are beginning to take over, and although the cabbage heads are still a bit small, the…
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Continue reading →: Fresh Tomato & Bean Salad
In my opinion, one of the main reasons to grow vegetables is because you like to EAT vegetables! Garden fresh veggies are nothing like what you buy from the store. Therefore, with a couple handfulls of beans and some cherry tomatoes I scavenged from the garden on Friday, I was…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
The garden has changed a lot this week! The hot weather is pushing things along, so there are some exciting things happening! This is easily #1 in the exciting category! The first ripe tomato! (Well, not counting the tomatoes in the hanging baskets.) This is a Golden Rave Roma tomato.…