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    November Tour of My Garden

    by  • November 11, 2011 • Gardening

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    It’s one thing to show my garden in July, when the tomatoes are going full force and the annuals are all blooming like mad, or even in April, when the slightest hint of color is enough to make me feel like the best gardener ever. (Delusions of self-grandeur are a symptom of long Michigan...

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    First Frost

    by  • October 28, 2011 • Miscellaneous

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    We had our first frost last night. My morning walk around the garden was filled with both beauty and melancholy. Beauty, because the entire garden sparkled. Frost edged the serrated leaves of the viburnums, the top of the hay bale and pile of leaves the kids play in, and each and every petal of...

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    Methods for Drying Tomatoes

    by  • October 9, 2011 • Preserving, Vegetables

    A couple of years ago, I wrote about the method I use for drying tomatoes — oven-drying. It’s a really simple method, and one that works for me because air-drying is impossible due to Michigan’s humid summers, and I still can’t justify shelling out a few hundred dollars for a good quality food dehydrator....

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