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Keeping the plants covered
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If there’s one thing you learn after living in Maryland for a while, it’s that spring is variable. (Not just in Maryland, of course, but that’s where I am.) Just when we’ve had some brilliant sunny days in the 70s…
Read MoreCategory: Uncategorized Tags: Author:Erica, Cold Frames, Low tunnels
Succession planting in the seed-starting room
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This is what my seed-starting situation looks like at the moment. Let me explain why. I’m sure some people have the perfect amount of space for all the seed-starting they want to do, and someday I will, but today is…
Read MoreCategory: Uncategorized Tags: Author:Erica, Cold Frames, Starting from Seed
Hardening Off Vegetable Transplants, Season Extension
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Well, I guess I knew that winter wasn’t entirely over, but will it change my plans to put in some early season broccoli, cauliflower and lettuce, not likely. Monday, I set up one of my cold frames and loaded it…
Read MoreCategory: Uncategorized Tags: Author:Kent, Cold Frames, Starting from Seed, Winter Gardening
Brassicas interplanted with red sail and buttercrunch lettuce
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What a beautiful rain we have had for the last two days. It has given me a welcome reprieve from all of the weeding that needs to be done in the garden. It’s also given me time to post a…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Kent, Brassicas, Cold Frames, Lettuce, Row Cover, Season Extension
Planting cool season transplants
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The somewhat unseasonable cool weather we have been having (29 degrees in Clarksville Thursday night) has made me postpone planting my spring broccoli and cauliflower. While these plants will withstand cool weather, very cool weather causes them to form…
Read MoreCategory: Uncategorized Tags: Author:Kent, Cold Frames, Row Cover
Bill’s no-cost salad factory
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Bill’s no-cost cold frame Bill Mitchell has been picking lettuce and spinach for salads since the third week of March in his two no-cost salad factories, cold frames he made from odds and ends he had on hand. Bill’s Black…
Read MoreCategory: Uncategorized Tags: Author:Bob, Cold Frames
Things Fall Apart
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Things fall apart. That’s the way it is sometimes, and that’s the way it happened with the cold frame kit. I put it together on a warm day in early March, and set it up over the arugula I had…
Read MoreCategory: Uncategorized Tags: Author:Nancy, Cold Frames
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