November 2008

Snowfall Marks Changing Times in the Veggie Garden

November 24, 2008

The weekend found the garden covered by its first blanket of snow. I’m still growing a few vegetables here in Central PA despite the fact that the weather conditions have turned cold and wintry a lot sooner than I’d prefer. When it’s not covered by the white stuff, the garden is still green and yielding [...]

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Homegrown Garlic Makes for Effortless Seed Saving

November 2, 2008

One of the great things about raising shallots, multiplier onions, and gourmet garlic is that it’s so easy to produce your own seed stock for future plantings. The subject of garlic seed saving was raised in a recent comment and inquiry from Cynthia: “I had such a good crop of Fireball garlic last year that [...]

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