Vegetables

Over at the You Grow Girl forums, some of the members have begun to talk about their 2010 grow lists. I’ve never officially made a grow list. I always have a few plants that I consider to be absolute must-haves in the garden, but I like to keep things loose and just...
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Another gardening-related contest arrived in my inbox today! 5 people will win tomato seeds by leaving a “nice” comment on one of the posts on Cynthia Sandberg’s beautiful blog, Grow Better Veggies. Five people will be chosen at random to with a three-pack of rare tomato seeds from TomatoFest.com. As Cynthia says in...
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Oh, dear, it’s been over a MONTH since I posted here! I can’t believe it. My only excuse is that I’ve been busy gestating. Our baby is now officially three days overdue, actually. There hasn’t been much action out in the garden since early autumn. My husband, Graham, helped me out...
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Graham and I went to the Orono Fall Fair yesterday afternoon with our friends, Andy and Kelly and their daughter Sophie.  It was a beautiful early autumn afternoon, and since it was Friday afternoon, there weren’t too many people on the fairgrounds, yet.  There were a lot of school groups there, though, with little...
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I bought several varieties of peppers for the garden this year, and of course when it came time to harvest them, I didn’t remember which ones I planted where. This isn’t usually a problem because although peppers are similar, at maturity they are different enough to be able to identify. However, I...
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