February is here and I'm getting excited as my seeds arrive, the 2012 growing season is about to begin. Fresh 'green goods' from my garden no longer seem like a pipe dream as I look out onto the bland back yard. I'm imagining how wonderful they will look and taste in just a another couple …
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Falling For The Fall Garden
Fall is glorious! The weather is at its finest in most places across our country and the garden changes into a new palette of colorful beauty. I have always been a die-hard fan of summer but over the last several years I must admit a great growing affection for Fall. There's a chance that someday …
Dear Juliet
Dear Juliet, "One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun." "... Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be..." Next Spring! Yours truly, igardendaily This is my tribute to 'Juliet' the absolute darling of my tomato plants this year. 'Juliet' …
Raspberry Riches
A series on the Fall garden could never be complete without mentioning ever-bearing raspberries. My raspberries have become RICH... in color, taste and volume and it's been amazing. I have three raspberry bushes (Varieties: 'Heritage', 'Amity' and 'Summit') and this is the second year in my garden so the first real year of production. But …
Happy Hallo…Watermelon?
It's that time of year when all things scary, mysterious and morbid get to take center stage for an evening of haunted delight. The days are cooling and we are turning our attention to all things orange and black and our taste buds are particularly attuned to flavors of fall...pumpkin, apple, cinnamon... so is anybody …
A FunOnion Harvest!
Remember Funyuns, that oniony snack you probably thought tasted great back in high school? Well, I'm sorry if you were expecting a post about being able use actual onions to make a homemade version of Funyuns ...because really...this post has nothing do with Funyuns except for in an auditory sense! Instead I'm giving another update on …
How Do You Like Them Apples!
It's time for an update on the apple espalier as the Fall season gets underway. As much as I hate to acknowledge there's limited time to celebrate the last hurrahs of the growing season in my zone 6 garden I must start somewhere...and what could be better than starting with the Kings of Fall -Apples! …
All In A Day’s Harvest…
I've been out of the garden again to enjoy some of the other fine things in life... like traveling abroad with my spouse celebrating the opportunity to spend time alone together as well as the years we've been together (16). Our trip to France was fabulous and I was inspired by many of the simple …
Tasty, Ripe, Homegrown Tomatoes… A Force To Be Dealt With?
It's that time of year when the tomato plants (or seeds) you carefully selected, planted, supported and watered are coming into their FULL bounty - sharing their glorious fruits bowl after bowl day after day! It's amazing that as long as we wait for home-grown ripe tomatoes, they can quickly become an overwhelming force to …
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A Pickin’ and A Grinin’ Pacific Northwest Style
During our recent visit to the greater Portland, Oregon area we had the opportunity to go blueberry picking. It was in our favor that the Western states experienced a very cool spring and late start to the growing season because typically Northwest blueberries would be on strong in July but this year early/mid August was …
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