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one less heirloom

While going through the seed catalogs with a highlighter pen, it is something of a relief to find a packet of seed I don’t want.  This classic American heirloom, the famous Lemon cucumber, was n… more →

Victory Garden Redux

one less heirloom — 10 comments

mew wrote 3 years ago: While going through the seed catalogs with a highlighter pen, it is something of a relief to find a … more →

Tags: Vegetables, foliage, Garden Lessons, pollinators, lemon cucumber, bees knees, Bees, American heirloom, heirloom cucumber

not jack's beanstalk — 1 comment

mew wrote 3 years ago: But maybe magical nonetheless. Here’s another seedling portrait.  (Don’t worry, three ar … more →

Tags: Vegetables, foliage, Organic Gardening, half-runner beans, family heirloom seed, early summer in the garden, organic kitchen garden, growing vegetables from seed, heritage in seeds

squash babies — 5 comments

mew wrote 3 years ago: … are some of the biggest babies in the vegetable seedling nursery. These are crookneck squash … more →

Tags: Vegetables, foliage, Garden Lessons, Seasons, Easy/For Beginners, Organic Gardening, crookneck squash, seed leaves, pre-European contact North American heirloom vegetable

first harvest — 8 comments

mew wrote 3 years ago: As I went back through my photographs of the garden and its progress from before I began to blog, I … more →

Tags: Flowers, Vegetables, foliage, Seasons, Fruit, crookneck squash, purple-podded pole beans, jalapeno peppers, cucumber 'Pearl'

a winner — 6 comments

mew wrote 3 years ago: Granddaddy told me.  But I had to see for myself.  Of all the tomato varieties I planted this summer … more →

Tags: Vegetables, foliage, Garden Lessons, Fruit, growing heirloom tomatoes, prolific tomato, rutgers tomato, heirloom tomato, open-pollinated tomato variety

you need them both — 1 comment

mew wrote 3 years ago: When I was getting ready to plant my handful of family heirloom half-runner bean seed, I called my G … more →

Tags: Vegetables, Garden Lessons, Life Lessons, Easy/For Beginners, Seed saving, Beauty, family heirloom, half-runner beans, heirloom seed

fire ant confidential — 2 comments

mew wrote 3 years ago: There is one creature in the victory garden toward which I had yet to feel friendly — or at le … more →

Tags: Flowers, Vegetables, Insects, Garden Lessons, Seasons, Weather, Organic Gardening, kitchen garden, Capturing Beauty's Rainbow Challenge


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