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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
Wow! It was almost like having a whole week of spring weather! The garden is looking good, especially the tomatoes. We’ve had 2 years of tomato troubles here in the Demo Garden, so I’m happy to see normal growth and some flowers starting. The garden doesn’t look that much different…
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Continue reading →: Something Different with Radishes – Butter Braised Radishes
Radishes are one of those vegetables that most people either like or don’t like. However, most of the time they just get eaten whole as a snack (usually with dip) or on a salad. For whatever reason, cooking radishes isn’t something most people even consider. It is more common in…
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Continue reading →: New Garden in One Morning!
The area right next to our Demonstration Garden was planned to be an expansion for a demonstration of shade-loving perennials. We’ve been working on it slowly over the past year, with the fence constructed last fall and planning going on throughout the winter. The irrigation system got redone last week.…
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Continue reading →: Checking Up on the Shallot TrialSince I pulled up one of each variety of the garlic and shallots for the Garden Tour this weekend, I’m going to use the opportunity to share my observations of the different varieties at this stage of growth. When I was working on signs for the garden last week, I…
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Continue reading →: Monday Miscellany
I was intending to do a mega-post about either the garlic or the shallots today, but I guess that’s going to be put off until another day. I have three smaller items of some interest that I wanted to share before moving on to other things later this week. First,…