harvest

  • Harvesting and cooking brassica greens

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     I’ve never had such an early brassica harvest in all my gardening years.  This year I decided to try a new approach to growing brassica greens. Usually, I’d sow the brassica seedlings around March, transplant them in the middle of…

  • Racing with time

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    In my forest surrounded garden season is fairly short. As soon as September comes to an end, and the sun starts shining below the trees, my garden is left without the sunshine. Right now the whole garden gets maybe 2…

  • Harvest before the rain

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    After the longest heatwave this year that lasted for 10 days, we should be getting some colder air and rain tomorrow. Since the temperatures have been really high, reaching over 38°C (100.4°F), there’s a big chance of a storm, thunderstorm,…

  • Harvest Wednesday on Tuesday

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    Usually, I harvest every Wednesday. Somehow, this day works for me like a harvest day, but I had to move it to Tuesday this week. This week is very busy for me and I have to mow the orchard. I…

  • First tomato harvest- harvest Wednesday

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    This week was the first time in this gardening season that I’ve harvested my tomatoes. Although summer has been really hot, the cold spring and slow soil warming had delayed my tomatoes. But, finally, tomatoes are ready, and I’ve harvested…