Garden
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We love our Northeast winds
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After a long period of warmth and high temperatures, we finally got some nice and cool weather. Although the forecasts issued a lot of warnings for our area and predicted huge amounts of rain we got a nice rain period…
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Unknown tomatoes and their issues
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This year for the first time in 10 years I’ve bought all my tomatoes. Usually, I’d sow hundreds of seedlings and dozen varieties. But, due to the very cold couple of springs this year, I bought all the seedlings. I…
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Blackberries on the wire
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For the past 15 years, we’ve been growing blackberries on our wire trellis and I can honestly say that I’d never grow them any different way. Although the flowering season this year was incredible late and it started 40 days…
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Cucumber time
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Cucumbers are one of the popular summer vegetables that most of us grow in our gardens. Some grow them in greenhouses and others outside, some buy seedlings and others grow them from seeds, but we all encounter the same problems…
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Fefferoni- Balkans hot peppers
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When you ask for a “feferon” or fefferoni in Balkans you’ll get the same thing in all of the countries- a small, finger-sized, mild to hot yellow or red pepper which will usually be served as pickled or in some…