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We had dinner of home grown spuds, carrots, beets and sugar snap peas-- boy was it good! Also picked about a pint of beans and the last of my spring spinach today. -- I'm trying ot decide if I've reached the end of my peas-- when do you decide to give up on them? They did alright, and still...

Janet & Jim, I'm in the same situation myself. It occured to me as I picked some green beans yesterday, that they might actually be some of the beans I planted to dry and make soup. -- So the bean patch is all mixed up. I suppose it will be a lot of mixed bean soup and mixed bean salad in...

I've gotten good seed potatoes from Johnny's in Maine. But also, I've often just used my favorite organic potatoes, and the cobblers from Prince Edward Island. They've worked find. Most non-organically grown potatoes must have some growth retardant applied since to keep them from sprouting...

I've found that we can eat broccoli all summer by harvesting the center blossom first-- before it has a chance to mature-- and then consistently harvesting side shoots as they appear. If you have 4 plants you can feed a family of 4 several times a week, and the flavor is so much better than...