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Farm Happenings at Red Rabbit Gardens
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Another beautiful week full of sunshine and gardening. Tidying up for fall and the open house, th1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 12, 2024
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Squash season is here, and there are a lot of different types to try. Different colours, textures, sizes and uses. Many varieties will be familiar, but some may be new to you. Here is a quick rundown of some of the different varieties we have and their uses.
Butternut,1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 5, 2024
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With these cooler temperatures many plants are slowing down, curing or drying. Many, once cured, will last for many months, and in the case of the dried beans, for years. We grow a few different varieties, black turtle beans, Dutch brown and Taylor horticultural. Once they ar1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 29, 2024
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A beautiful week gone and another ahead! Cooler nights and dewy mornings, though getting a bit dry out in the garden, have been to irrigating a little bit for the new transplants and younger veggies help them through the heat, and it looks like it will be a hot one this week. 1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 22, 2024
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Another busy and hot week ahead. All this heat and rain is good for all the cover crops we planted last week. Oats, rye and tillage radish mostly, both for adding organic matter, reducing run off and nutrient leaching, as well as helping with soil compaction. The oats a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 15, 2024
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All of a sudden it feels like summer is over and the cooler fall weather is already upon us. A few people mentioned to me last week, that when the gladiolus are out in bloom, that summer is over, and it definitely feels that way this year.
Even though it is cooling down1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 8, 2024
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We are in the full bean and zucchini dump part of summer, and I'm excited to put some away for winter, but the another item that comes in waves is sunflowers, based on how we plant, they always seem to come all at once and then we have to wait for the next crop/variety. The other flowers1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 1, 2024
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Where is this summer going, planting out many of the fall and winter storage crops. Last rounds of carrots, beets, beans, and many of the winter storage radishes and turnips going in. The summer veggies are starting to come on strong, loads of green tomatoes, zucchini forever1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 25, 2024
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Last Thursday we pulled, bundled and hung the garlic up in the rafters of the garage to cure for a while. A breezy, dry place out of direct sun light is a great place for them to cure, and with them up in the ceiling, they are out of the way from getting bruised and battered by us,1 read more »
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A small mixed farm just outside of Hillsburgh were we grow organic vegetables and pastured meats.
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