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And thus concludes my most ambitious growing season yet. I learned a lot, got a decent amount of vegetables to eat, got some exercise and building experience, and had a few challenges. For this final post, I will do a…
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Here’s update #4 on my raised bed garden efforts this year. While we are enjoying eating our vegetables, some other creatures are as well. As our summer crops are winding down, we are starting some light fall vegetable crops, and…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: aphids, Author:Dan, powdery mildew, Raised Beds, tobacco hornworm, Tomatoes
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Hi all! It’s time for check-in #3 on my summer gardening efforts. Overall, things are going well, but there have been big ups and downs. The new raised bed we built is doing well. Krysten planted corn in the center…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Dan, Green Beans, Squash, squash vine borer, Tomato, vegetables, zucchini
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I’m back with a big update on our raised bed vegetable garden efforts! It’s been eventful: wildlife has eaten some of the plants, we built a whole new raised bed from scratch, and we’ve begun harvesting some of our first…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Dan, cucumber beetle, Cucumbers, cucurbits, Rodents, Tomatoes, zucchini
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Hi all, I’m Dan Adler – a part-time employee that works on web and communications at the HGIC. I work on the website, video creation, posting others’ blog content, newsletters, design, and other web-media technical things. I’ve been with the…
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“Wouldn’t it be neat to have a contest to see what people could do with 100 square feet of food gardening space”? UME Master Gardeners active in the Grow It Eat It program asked themselves this question last year and…
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Bzzzt! Trowels down! The first Grow100 competition is over! We had a ton of great submissions. Here, we are highlighting our favorite entry from the third round of check-ins. Next week we will unveil our overall favorites in each category…
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