It's early Spring and times are changing quickly. Although not quite officially Spring yet, the weeds are greening up in the garden. That means that we get fresh salad again! I just planted some flats of lettuce starts, but no need to wait for them if you can grow the right weeds. My favorite for this [...]
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Winter Greens
With a couple of beautiful days this weekend, we are back to unseasonably dry winter weather. The temperatures squeaked up to almost 50 F both days, so the bees were flying a little. We are still eating lots of things from the garden. Earlier in the week, Ellen picked about a bushel of collard [...]
Spring Seed-Saving Surprises
On the last day of May, I just harvested the first seed of the season. Last fall, I planted some mache (aka corn salad or lamb's lettuce) but it was too late, so there wasn't anything for the fall, and I forgot about it over the winter. This spring, I was cleaning up that section [...]