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Gardening Beginners - Sustainable Vegetable Garden

Garden skinny - my personal scoop on gardening

Fabulous Red

With the frigid temps solidly behind us (I think), we can clear the beds, fear not the weeds, and look forward to spring!   It's the border season here in Florida, a time to enjoy stored veggies and plan for our next planting -- unless of course you are a "Brassicas" fan and I for one, say "on with it!"   There's always fun to be had and for the moment, it's found in the Brassicas section.  These kids love the cold, actually seem to thrive in it.  My red cabbage sustained no damage from the ... continue reading...

Garden skinny - my personal scoop on gardening

One potato, two potato

Three potato, score!   We made it!   Our potato houses were a success!  Sort of.   Most of the plants still died off, but only after the hardest of freezes, so the good news:  I have found my potato frost protection. My daughter and I came up with the idea.   Okay, so it was my loopy idea, but she handled the construction end and beautiful construction it was!   And quite practical, I might add.   (She gets that from her father.)   But when in need, resourcefulness must transform into ... continue reading...

Savory vignettes - tidbits of life discovered along the way

New Year’s Resolutions

This year I plan to be more productive.  This month I plan to lose the holiday weight gain.  This week I plan to relax.  (Why not, it’s freezing outside and most of the garden is dormant, anyway -- read: dead -- including the weeds, so there’s not much to do.)  Today I plan to write. Wow.  I feel better already!  Talk about productive, I’ve set a plan, followed it for a full week now…why, I’ll have this resolution thing down pat in no time!  Yes si-ree-bob,  I’m on my way.   To where, you ... continue reading...

Garden skinny - my personal scoop on gardening

Cabbage update

Apparently, not all vegetables can be "stored" in the garden with equal ease.   I try to grow what I'll eat, with any extras happily doled out to the family and friends, but sometimes, I lose a few.   Take this poor cabbage, for instance.   Unlike my potatoes, which I can basically leave in the ground until I'm ready to eat them, cabbage must be picked when ripe.   If not, you suffer the chance there might be rain -- and lots of it -- which seems to blow the stack wide open.    Now, that's what ... continue reading...