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A Year Of Gardening: What I’ve Learned

February 23, 2014 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Now, I know a year isn’t that long, especially when you’re talking about a pursuit with so many layers of knowledge, but I’m hoping I’ve at least had the worst of the rookie mistakes, so I can move on from there. Following, a few things that I’ve learned in my admittedly limited experience. 1. Don’t…

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Filed Under: Kitchen Gardening Tagged With: gardening, kitchen gardening, seed starting

Look What Came In The Mail This Week

February 21, 2014 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Yes, it’s the (literal) seeds of my spring garden. I was reading something on A Way To Garden this week that started like this: Poor impulse control can be a real liability for the gardener in February, so shall we try together to stifle our urges to start seeds too soon, or order plants galore……

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Filed Under: Kitchen Gardening, Nature

That Time Of Year Again (Seed Starting!)

February 15, 2014 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

My husband and I had our coffee on the front porch this morning. Rocking in rocking chairs, we plotted what we wanted to get accomplished this weekend (for once, he is taking the weekend off from work). Why is this special? Because the last few weeks have been marked by icy weather, and here’s what…

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Filed Under: Austin, Kitchen Gardening, Nature Tagged With: baby watermelon, bok choy, potatoes, seed starting, spring planting, sweet potatoes, swiss chard, tomatoes

The Frost, Fall 2013

November 14, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Just a few weeks ago, I was reveling in the cool temperatures of Central Texas fall, when the garden began to flourish again after the punishing heat of the summer. Tomatoes, eggplant, jalapeƱos and even cucumbers flowered prolifically, while my cool season plantings of bok choy and chard were coming along nicely. That’s a sweet…

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Filed Under: Food & Drink, Kitchen Gardening, Nature, Photography

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