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What’s Time to a Hog?
Once in a while I write about something that is not a tangible how-to. This is simply something that has been on my mind. However it is also how you spend your time and how you deal with your fellow...
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Getting Ready for Spring
Plum tree in the snow As I write it is wet and snowy out, but I can see the swelling of the buds on the plum trees. There is a lot to do, if you want to be ready for the warm weather. I am a little...
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Love in a Cold Climate
sprouting tomato seeds Shivering Seeds Recently a fellow gardener mentioned to me the trials of sprouting seeds in a house where temperatures dip into the 50’s. Dip? Ha! In our house, we heat with...
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Twofer:Edible Landscaping
amazing color and symmetry of a red cabbage I got a call the other day from a writer who wanted to know about local experiences with edible landscaping. It was a really fun conversation which got my...
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You Don’t Have to Wait for Basil Anymore
What if you could have a bowl of steaming fresh pasta with freshly made pesto right now? In winter freshly made pesto is a summer dream. I love pesto. I consider it vitamin P. I grow a forest of...
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Jams and Jellies
How to make jam/jelly: Plum pulp ready to make jam with no added pectin Jelly is just jam without pulp. It is easier to have jam come out right because the fruit can cover for you if it didn’t jell...
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Nightshades: What To Do With Too Many Tomatoes
Revenge of the Killer Tomatoes In winter, I dream of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. I go through my seed file, smiling fondly as I pull out last year’s successes and failures, new seeds from places...
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Drying Chilies
My husband and I like to travel a lot, and wherever we go, we find new varieties of peppers. In India alone we found Lal Mirc, Bili Mirc, Ganesh, a little fiery short pepper from Assam, and a long...
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Why white tomatoes? Aren’t they supposed to be red? My grandmother saved the seeds of white lunaria, and fostered her white crepe myrtle. Vita Sackville-West had a white garden. Of course, white...
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A Decent Herb Garden
Someone recently asked me for basic pointers on an herb garden that includes medicinal herbs. The thing is that many herbs are of course both culinary and medicinal. “Let thy food be thy medicine,”as...
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