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On Sunday I finished dehydrating sweet potatoes for the doggies. I didn't look for a recipe, just oven cooked 3 sweet potatoes, peeled...

Haven't been here for a while because I have been trying to get the run covered before the rain starts. Not sure when it will start but...

I posted this link back in the late winter, 2010. The Vegetable World's Ugly Duckling: Celeriac Here is some of my 2010 harvest...

Special seeds are available for growing huge pumpkins. I haven’t grown these 124 pound pumpkins recently but it was a fun experience and...

World's Ugliest Vegetable Here is the TEG thread LINK where the photo appears along with a little discussion. I haven't missed a...

In Illinois we have several odd native flowers. https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/kk_mallow.html Compass plant...

I grew a rainbow mix of carrots one year that included purple dragons. I grew them in a small space and harvested them with winter fast...

Ever walk past a plant and think, “Wait, does that really exist?” Some plants are just so unusual that they feel like they belong in a...

Ground bees are very aggressive in most cases this time of year. There is one exception and not aggressive bee nest and I leave that...

Bees, wasps, and hornets often target me and I scream like a little girl! 😂 I have been stung 3x in the same spot at the same time.

I got stung by a bumblebee several years ago. I was mowing next to their hive. I called out the Apiary guys who removed honeybees from...

My favorite pest control strategy is intended to battle slugs. I put out Dixie cups half full of beer here and there around my garden...

I am willing to ignore some pest damage in the vegetable garden. Neem oil works for aphids and spider mites but seems harder on the...