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The end of the spring lettuce and spinach harvest doesn’t mean we have to wait until fall to enjoy home-grown leafy greens. In addition to the kales and collards we know and love there is a world of heat tolerant…
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Now is a good time to start thinking about and planning for any fall food gardening you might want to do this year. Planting for some crops can begin late August and early September.
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One of my goals at the Derwood Demo Garden this year was to keep lettuce growing through the whole season. So far it’s working! Here it is July; we’ve had a rain break following some hot dry weeks, and today…
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Every once in a while we gardeners get a clear illustration of the effects of environmental factors in the growth of plants. Here are two that happened at my house recently – I’m sure you can come up with lots…
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Well, all of my vegetable seed orders have been placed and the seeds are on their way. Now, all I have to do is check my fluorescent lights in the basement, get a bale of seed starting mix and make…
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I may have jumped the gun (warm weather) a little bit, but yesterday was so pleasant that I thought I would do some planting. I’ve had broccoli, cabbage, choi, lettuce and tatsoi hardening off in my cold frames and they looked…
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I teach several Grow It Eat It classes throughout the year. This year, I wanted to create a portable “lettuce box” that I could take with me to my GIEI classes. I wanted my box to be easy to…
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