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September 15, 2011

Minnesota Under a Frost Warning

Parts of Minnesota are under a frost warning tonight. Here’s what you can do to protect your plants: Cover warm weather plants like tomatoes, peppers and squash with bed sheets. Water your garden early in the day. You want the plant to be dry when night comes, but you also want the ground to be […]

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September 14, 2011

Greenhouse Tasks – September, Zone 3

Hi everyone, It’s almost time to start using our greenhouses again. Now is the time to clean it out and gather supplies for the coming winter. Wash down the sides carefully and make sure you dry with a fan after. Sort all your containers, and see if you need to get more. I usually ask […]

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September 14, 2011

Harvesting Before The Frost

How to harvest and what to do with all those vegetables when your area gets a frost warning. We have our first frost warning of the season tonight in Minnesota. It’s supposed to get down to 35 degrees Fahrenheit with scattered frost. Some vegetables can withstand a light frost; beans, peas, onions, and carrots will […]

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September 12, 2011

Saving Pepper, Tomato and Green Bean seeds

Seed saving has started here as frost will be coming within a month or sooner. So I will start posting how to save the seeds from the plants you want to start over the winter to have again next year. How to save pepper seeds: Wait for the pepper to ripen all the way. Even […]

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September 9, 2011

Next Plan For The Greenhouse

So last year I bought a small greenhouse and I really loved using it for my seeds and plants last Spring. So, now I am starting to think Fall. Our night time temperatures are getting lower and I can sometimes smell a little Fall in the air. So here’s the next thing I am going […]

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September 7, 2011

Frost…

So, the time has come to discuss the issue of frost and how we (in the North) are going to extend this season and try to get our tomatoes to ripen on the vine!! Last year I tried to create a greenhouse with greenhouse plastic, PVC pipe and packing tape around my entire garden. It […]

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September 1, 2011

Back To The Cold Weather Veggies!

The only difference between gardening in the early Spring and gardening in the Fall are the mosquitoes!! So I cleaned out my raised beds and planted the cold weather vegetables again. The warmer vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, squashes will all need a frost blanket. But the salad greens like spinach, kale, and arugula will all […]

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August 26, 2011

Cilantro Is For The Bees!

If you have a hard time getting things pollinated in your garden I highly recommend planting cilantro! First of all it’s super easy to grow, seeds go right into the dirt and keep moist until they are sprouted. Second, cilantro is very tasty in soups, salads, and salsa! Third and most wonderful, if you plant […]

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August 25, 2011

Eggplant Love Continued

So my sweet little tiny eggplant now has 4 blossoms on it!!!!! I cannot wait to eat those lovely little veggies. The zucchini next to it had 3 zucchinis get blossom-end rot, so I watered that section of my garden bed with a mixture of water and milk last night to help any new veggies […]

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August 24, 2011

Free Tomato Plants!

I have several tomato plants that I need to get rid of. I dug them out of my vegetable garden last night to create some space between my existing tomato plants. There is one pear tomato plant, the rest are standard tomato plants. They are ALL producing tomatoes (green still). They have been raised organic, […]

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