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30 mars 2018

Spring is in the air

Spring is in the air
March means my flowering cherry try and magnolia solangeana welcome spring with flamboyant blossoms of pink chiffon and absolutely delight me year after year! I cannot figure out why everyone doesn't have them in their gardens! This year I have planted...
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15 août 2017

August tomatoes!

August tomatoes!
August is tomato heaven in the garden. This year's newcomers are Rose de Bearne, Black Cherry tomatoes, and St. Pierre tomatoes. They are much smaller than last year so I'm not sure what that man sold me at the plant market (maybe Marmande)! They are...
6 juillet 2017

In my garden grows...

In my garden grows...
2017 is peas and potatoes! I have been away for a while with so many things keeping me busy but I haven't forgotten my potager! Each year is different, and this year my cucumbers didn't work. I planted them and it was either too cold or too hot, but they...
27 avril 2017

April showers bring may flowers

April showers bring may flowers
And strawberries, and peas and potatoes... I have planted a full row of snow peas demi-nain Normand and two rows of little potatoes I had saved from last year and everything is growing splendidly! I am renewing my strawberry plants so I won't be picking...
1 octobre 2016

Green tomatoes

Green tomatoes
September coming to an end and cooler nights means time to pick green tomatoes and this year I have plenty!! Growing up in southern USA I had always heard about fried green tomatoes but I had never eaten a green tomato. Ever. As I have mostly green cherry...
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27 août 2016

One potato, two potatoes...

One potato, two potatoes...
Those cute little potatoes that found their way into my garden have produced some decent potatoes. I wasn't sure what variety they were, so I boiled them 15 minutes and had a taste test! They are not Charlotte potatoes as I had supposed because rather...
10 août 2016

Kakao tomatoes (Noir de Crimée)

Kakao tomatoes (Noir de Crimée)
Ah la la !! I could name this tomato "black beauty" but it has a more charming name: Kakao or "cocoa." A new tomato in my potager and is definitely my favorite for salads or simply sliced and tossed with balsamic vinegar, olive oil and some fines herbes....
24 juin 2016

June in my potager

June in my potager
Potato plants and eggplants in flower. Batavia lettuce and swiss chard. Yellow zucchini Orelia.
29 mai 2016

Merry month of may

Merry month of may
May is coming to an end and the snow peas have become sturdy and are just beginning to flower. I am trying a new and taller variety as I found last year's dwarf variety to be a bit fragile and am hoping for stronger healthier plants. Today is cool and...
20 mai 2016

Gold nuggets

Gold nuggets
Today was gardening day and I was cleaning up my vegetable garden getting it ready to plant my zucchini and melon plantlings. Well what a surprise! I had pulled up some plants which kinda looked like radish plants but not quite and as usual I throw the...
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