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Mid April Garden Update, What Real Lettuce Taste Like

The weather here in Central Indiana so far this spring has been fabulous.  The temperatures have been in the 70’s and 80’s over the past 5 days or so with dry conditions.  The red bud trees are now in full bloom.  It is quite a bit cooler today, with a frost/freeze expected tonight.  With all [...]

April 17th, 2010 | Category: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chickens, Cucumbers, Hoop House, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Potatoes, Seed Starting, Spring, Winter Gardening, cold frame | Leave a comment

Spring Seed Starting Going Stong

The spring seed starting is going full out right now.  All of the seeds for lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, celery, and fennel have germinated and are now in the cold frame.  The seeds I saved from the Sierra lettuce last year germinated really well for me (I guess that was a successful experiment!).  I [...]

March 19th, 2010 | Category: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Celery, Hoop House, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Seed Starting, Spring, Tomatoes, cold frame | 3 comments

Winter Has Finally Arrived, End of the 2009 Garden Season

Well, the warm November weather is now but a memory as the first hard freeze hit the garden about 4 days ago.  Low temperatures dropped to around 15 degrees for two nights in a row and the high temperatures struggled to get above freezing.  This morning, the garden was blanketed by the season’s first measurable snowfall [...]

December 7th, 2009 | Category: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Fall Gardening, Hoop House, Lettuce, Winter Gardening | One comment

Cold and Wet October - Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Cabbage

Welcome to November.  Here in Central Indiana it was one cold and wet October.  There were two freezes and several frosting mornings over the past several weeks, but that is not too unusual for this time of year.  Because of the cooler weather, some of the vegetables have taken their time to mature.  The cauliflower [...]

November 2nd, 2009 | Category: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Fall Gardening, Hoop House, Lettuce | One comment

Early Fall Garden, Another Garden Video

My early fall garden continues to produce a nice harvest.  The garden finally received some much needed rain.  The weather continues to be somewhat cooler than normal.  There was some frost last week in parts of central Indiana, but my garden luckily avoided any frost.  Harvest begins today on some of the August planted broccoli [...]

October 4th, 2009 | Category: Beans, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Fall Gardening, Hoop House, Lettuce, Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes, Video | 2 comments

More Rain, Lettuce, Chickens

Well, the rain has set in again.  It has rained almost every day over the last 5 days.  Needless to say the ground is very wet.  I did manage to get the cabbage, broccoli, and brussels sprout transplants into the garden on April 25th and they are looking good (see pic of this plot below).   The [...]

May 2nd, 2009 | Category: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Chickens, Hoop House, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Potatoes, Spring | 10 comments