Ready for a new gardener

I cleaned up the main vegetable garden in the Piedmont today.  I meant to get a photo this afternoon, but time got away, with pulls of other things.This is what it looked like getting ready a year or so ago.prepped for planting (main vegetable garden)It didn't need much prep, as I'd prepared and...

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A warmer day (and vegetable musings)

Finally, the last bit of accumulated ice has melted and it was a "normal" temperature day, with highs ~ 58°F.I'm itching to plant cool-season greens - I've missed having homegrown greens (kale, collards, mustard, etc.) over the last two winters, even though I've felt we've eaten nothing but homegrown greens in years past.So, we're enjoying broccoli, collards, red cabbage, and kale from the grocery...

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Hmm, more snow and (potential) ice coming?

Yikes, this winter has been really strange. The Prunus mume (that I saw starting to flower again last weekend) may be totally blasted. At least the predicted temperatures are quite moderate. The forecast is all about snow (and potential ice) and full of hyperbole about snowfall (I think because of all of the previous storms and severe temperatures this winter).We could be inundated...

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