Spring Ahead
Spring has arrived about 6 weeks early in Minnesota this year. That’s not to say winter won’t stop by again, but today is the 3rd day in a row of…
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tomatoes
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Saving heirloom tomato seeds, step-by-step
One of the joys of hobby farming is discovering trends that develop over many seasons. A homegrown tomato plant originally inspired me to start my own garden. Five years later I’m still…
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Garden Update
With the new barn construction taking most of our attention this summer, we didn’t have as much time to devote to the garden. But we still managed to get our…
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The harvest begins
With the exception of cucumbers and sweet peas which started ripening in late June, we’ve been waiting patiently for most of our garden to get to the harvest stage. It looks like…
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Garden update: fruit blooms
May has been a busy month around here. Starting from scratch just a few weeks ago, we’ve tilled, planted, mulched, watered, weeded, then repeated. Seems like something has gone into the…
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Seed starting lessons learned
This year was my first serious attempt at starting seeds indoors. Oh, I’ve made half-hearted attempts before, trying to get through a long Winter, planting random herbs in peat pods in the…
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