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7 Mar
2013
organic sweet potato in plastic

E-books and experiments

It’s been almost a year since I wrote what’s become the most popular post on this blog: Grow Your Own Sweet Potatoes. This one post has been shared on Pinterest more than 86,000 times. I guess I’m not the only sweet-potato-lovin’ gardener out there. In honor of that anniversary — ...

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7 Oct
2012
freshly-harvested sweet potato

It’s time to harvest sweet potatoes!!

67.8 pounds. That’s how many sweet potatoes I harvested from the garden yesterday. Let me tell you: 67.8 pounds is a lot of sweet potatoes. Two full boxes worth, with overflow in mixing bowls and all over the kitchen counter. Looks like I’ll be needing to stock up on sweet ...

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2 Jul
2012
yard long bean seedlings, sprouting at the base of a "planted" stick trellis

Monday morning garden stroll #9

Fair warning: This isn’t going to be a typical garden stroll. No photos of flowers, for starters. In fact, very few photos of plants at all. We’re taking a bit of a detour, and I’m blaming it on the weather. In keeping with recent pattern, this week’s stroll does have ...

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24 Jun
2012
DIY 1-hour tomato trellis

DIY 1-hour tomato trellis

Full disclosure: This actually took me a bit more than two hours to make and install. But, that included creating the design and taking all the photos. So, the 1-hour time frame is an estimate. But, it’s a fairly realistic estimate. Plus, even if this required two whole hours to ...

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11 May
2012
sweet-potatoes-feature

Your sweet potato questions: Answered!

Last week, I asked y’all to share your questions about growing sweet potatoes. And, you did! Thank you! Now, let’s see if I can answer them all for you. [Note: If you are just joining us, you might also want to check out my posts about last year's sweet potato ...

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6 Dec
2011
christmastree

Tomato cage Christmas tree

Rather than buy decorations for the lawn / garden, I decided to play around with the stuff I already had in the garage. The result? An upside-down tomato cage Christmas tree. The perfect holiday accent for every not-allowed front-yard vegetable garden. Shovels and rakes and hoses; gardens come with lots ...

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