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Kale is in my opinion the show stealer of the fall and winter garden! It takes such a beating from the weather and yet still manages to keep on performing! And this variety, Red Russian Kale, is especially dear to me as it is heirloom seed I grew & saved from seed I purchased years…

{The Kitchen Garden} October 1st November 1st And so ends the summer garden… and begins the fall garden. I’m as pleased as punch with how nicely the fall garden is doing!! It looks beautiful, tastes wonderful. It’s so satisfying to be able to still go outside and gather food for homegrown meals all the way…

{September 3rd} {October 1st} As if my lack of consistent writing wasn’t enough to convince you of the fact, allow me to declare it outright: The gardens in September consumed me. Frankly, it’s a good problem to have and one I asked for early spring in the planting. (Or you could go back even further…

{August 1st} {September 3rd} And so it begins. After spending the first half of the month nearly holding my breath to see if we’d get a harvest before…. Before the squash bugs & cucumber beetles wreaked their havoc… Before huitlacoche began to bubble up out of the corn… Before late blight took out the tomatoes……

{July 1st}  {August 4th} After an abysmal June garden report, I’m back to check in with you all and show you how the gardens did last month. I promise, I’ll try not to be quite as depressing. Well it would seem things are coming along, I suppose. At least visually and Green-Growth-Wise. My problem is, I’ve…