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January 27, 2021 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

Download Chart Here This chart will help you determine the best time to start vegetable seeds indoors for Zone 5.  This chart is based on a last average frost date of May 15th.

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January 15, 2021 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

“Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with a dream.”  — Josephine Nuese A cold, gray day. A cup of tea. My garden journal and stack of seed catalogs. It’s everything I need to start planning my garden for the…
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Baked tomato tart

August 27, 2020 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

It’s definitely tomato-time! The vines at the 2nd Street Chicken Ranch are heavy with tomatoes — of all sizes and colors. One of my favorite ways to use these heirloom beauties is in this simple, but delicious tomato tart.   I say simple, because it really is — just a few fresh ingredients, a puff-pastry sheet and a quick 30-minutes…
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Beans for seed saving

June 19, 2020 By Candace Godwin 3 Comments

Note: This post was updated in September 2021. With the garden planted, I’m eagerly awaiting the fruits of my labor:  the first tiny, pea-sized tomato, a wisp of a bean, a green button of a pepper. Soon we will be enjoying these fruits and with a little seed-saving, we’ll have more to grow next year — and the year after…
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Do you know the best crops to plant for our short-season growing region? My newsletter readers do -- and they also know what to sow indoors this month and what to (potentially) plant outside by the end of the month! That and more tips were in the March newsletter. You can check out my latest article, Short Season, Big Harvest, and explore what grows best around here! https://bit.ly/4rMIY9f 🍅 If you'd like more helpful and LOCAL gardening tips delivered to your inbox, you can subscribe to my newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/g2QHkj ... See MoreSee Less

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Let's have a peek in the Coop's Growing Garage. Th Let's have a peek in the Coop's Growing Garage. This is where the seed-starting magic happens. 🌱

Pepper seedlings and few tomato seed-snails are about ready for transplanting.

Soon all these racks will be filled with pepper, tomato, eggplant, and tomatillo seedling. 🍅

But before that happens, we need to pot up and move the lettuce seedlings to the greenhouse. 🥬

It's a juggling act, but planning and the right timing keeps everything moving like clockwork. 🕰️

Time to get busy!

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