One of my favorite Autumn fruits is the American Persimmon, Diospyros virginiana. This native persimmon grows across much of the Southeast and lower Midwest, and produces small orange globes of fruit on stately trees.
We have planted a few trees on our property and have access to a few ...
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Vegetable Storage in a Root Cellar
This is the second winter that we are enjoying the fruit and vegetable storage capacities of our homestead root cellar. Root cellaring is my personal favorite method of food preservation because it is the least labor-intensive, and it preserves food as close to its fresh-out-of-the-garden state as ...
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How to Grow, Harvest, Cure, and Store Sweet Potatoes
In this post, I'll share not only how to grow sweet potatoes, but also how to harvest, cure and store them to enjoy all winter long!
Over the past few years, my gardening efforts have shifted from growing a bit of everything to growing what does best in my climate and what actually fills the ...
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The September Garden
This year's September garden is a mixture of glorious bounty, and total crop failures. A particularly wet August and September has left the garden much more green and lush than in recent years, yielding more green beans and kale than I can keep up with, and yet that same moisture has meant cracked ...
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