Getting Started: Preparing a New Garden Plot

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  How Do You Cure Potatoes?

  Harvesting your potatoes: Normally, seven or eight weeks after planting, the earliest varieties are blossoming. This signifies that early potatoes may be ready, so gently poke into a potato hill by hand to see what you can find while making... read more

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  Happy Summer Solstice! [June 2017]

  Happy Summer Solstice! Solstices happen twice a year, once in June & once in December. This time of the year, the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer and provides us with the longest day of the year! Even though... read more

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  How To Tell When An Eggplant Is Ripe

  Eggplant is a versatile fruit often used in Italian dishes such as ratatouille, caponata, and lasagna. Eggplant easily absorbs the flavors of whatever sauce it is cooked in. Interestingly, all parts of the plant are poisonous, except the fruit.Eggplants require... read more