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Sowing dreams
(Beware, this is an essay. Once you begin reading you may not stop, and there goes five minutes of your life, *poof*. The harvest of possibilities to be found in a vegetable garden in early spring is worth more in some … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, communication, dreams, laughter, love, possibilities
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Discovery
“So that’s what hay looks like.” –Queen Mary
Onions
I fell in love with onions for the first time when we began growing “Walla-Walla Sweets,” an onion you can eat like an apple. We began with 2,000 at our farmstand in Massachusetts, doubled that the following year, and finally … Continue reading
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Tagged long-day short-day, Onions, storage onions, Videlia, Walla-Walla
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“Greensprouting” potatoes
This refers to a method widely used in Europe to get potatoes 2 or 3 weeks before anyone else. To do this, cut your certified seed potatoes such that each piece has two “eyes” in case one doesn’t sprout. Lay … Continue reading
The humble radish
(Which you are soon to plant.) John Evelyn, in 1699, wrote a discourse on salads, in which he stated that the radish “affords a very grateful mordacity (biting quality) and sufficiently tempers the cooler ingredients” of a salad. Isn’t that … Continue reading
Sowing peas
They always tell you to sow your peas as soon as the soil can be worked. Well, this is fine to say, but around here that means March. So what happens is that a day comes when the soil is ready, … Continue reading
Breeding seeds
Breed your own seeds that are perfectly suited to where you live. All you need do is select seeds from the most healthy and productive open-pollinated (not hybrid) plants you grow, save the seeds, and replant them next year. Select … Continue reading
Tastiest vegetable varieties
We’re all different, and our tastes vary wildly (thank God), but for what it’s worth, here’s a list of my all-time favorite vegetables, based not only what I like but what sells best at the farmstand and farmers’ market. I … Continue reading
Scarecrows
They’re for the fall, right, to keep crows off your ripening corn? Nope. Crows don’t eat corn on the cob. They eat corn in the spring when the seeds have just germinated, the first leaf is just visible, and the … Continue reading
What to plant now, or soon
What to start indoors now? (This is for zone 6) Well, you need to know your last frost date (check with your Ag extension service), and know that it’s an average so add a week or two, then count backward … Continue reading
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