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Crop review, harvesting roots
Large Smooth Prague CeleriacPhoto credit Southern Exposure Seed Exchange This week in the garden we have started fall clean-up. We packed away the rowcovers preserving the last rows of green beans,...
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Winter radishes, planting garlic.
Our main task this week has been planting garlic, both hardneck and softneck. As we separated the cloves for planting, we put all the tiny cloves (which wouldn’t grow big bulbs) into small buckets. We...
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Winding down, 41 bags of carrots in!
Washing and sorting carrots at Twin Oaks Yesterday was our last garden crew shift of the year. It was a chilly day, so I was glad we had finished harvesting all our carrots while the weather was...
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More strategies for dealing with a changing climate – article in Growing for...
The January issue of Growing for Market is out, and in it is my article More strategies for dealing with a changing climate. A photo of our fava beans is on the cover. This is the third in a series...
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Three cheers for Ruby Streaks!
Ruby Streaks beside green mizuna This week I’ve been marveling at Ruby Streaks, a beautiful ferny dark red leafy salad vegetable growing in our hoophouse. It brings a smile to winter salad mixes, a...
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Twin Oaks Garden Task List for February
Greenhouse interior with spring seedling flats.Photo Kathryn Simmons Planning: Week 1: Revise Crop Planting Quantities chart, Perennials worksheet, Harvest and Food Processing Calendars, Veg Finder,...
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Starting Seedlings
Seed flats in the greenhouse We’ve been starting seedlings since late January, and the greenhouse is filling up with flats of lettuce, cabbage, kohlrabi, spinach, scallions and broccoli. We’re eating...
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Twin Oaks Garden Task List for March
New flats of lettuce seedlingsCredit Kathryn Simmons Here is our task list for the Twin Oaks Garden in March. We’re zone 7, our average last frost is April 20. You’ll need to adapt this information for...
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Phenology – What happens when
Flowering Purple (or Red) Dead Nettle, with honeybee.Credit Kathryn Simmons For ten years I have been keeping phenology records, as a guide to when to plant certain crops, and as a way of tracking how...
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Heritage Harvest Festival, corn, more raccoons, stray cat.
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