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Cold Frame Construction, Cold-Climate Vegetable Gardening, Cooking, Early Spring Garden Plants, Extending the Growing Season, Ferncliff, Garden Science, Garden Structures, Green House Gardens, Green Living, Late Autumn Garden, New England, Planting Techniques, Root Cellar Storage, Storing Winter Vegetables, The Seasons, Vegetable Gardening, Vegetable Gardening/Potager, Vermont, Winter Garden, Winter Gardening
The Early Bird Catches the Arugula… And the Chard, Spinach & Lettuce too!
Arugula in the Hoophouse, January Let’s start out with a bit of honesty, shall we? The four season harvest isn’t for wimps. Winter gardening  —growing plants in temperatures below freezing to sub-zero, beneath plastic sheeting— isn’t a natural act. And although I enjoy a good game of woman vs. wild, sometimes winter gets to be […]
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Electric Garden Tools, garden tools, Gardening Inspiration, Green Living
The Electric Gardener: Guest Post by Ted Dillard of The Electric Chronicles…
“Get that evil, oily, smelly, loud machine out of my garden!† This was the response I got from a dear friend and gardener, as I pointed my 1967 Gravely tractor with the “Power Plow†attachment –– a tool that can only be described as a food processor for soil–– towards the task of turning her […]
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