We’ve been watching several volunteer potato plants and cheering them on as fall stretches toward winter. Would they actually survive long enough to make new potatoes? They were in the pink of health well into November and seemed to love the cooler temperatures. But then this week a blast of arctic air moved into the […]
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It is with mixed feelings that I take down our tomato plants. These 13 plants–five different varieties–have been extremely good to us, keeping us in tomatoes every day for months. In fact, they are still making tomatoes, still blossoming, still sending up new growth. But the days grow short and the nights cold. It is […]
Swiss chard is such an underrated vegetable, yet it has emerged as one of our favorites. Few vegetables are as constant as chard–always thriving, always ready to give. Chard seems to have hardly any season at all. It grows all year ’round, though it does seem to be especially happy in these cooler months of […]
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