Kerry’s Garden

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This will probably be the last big harvest of basil here. I say big but it is all relative right? This is a 3 gallon bucket of basil I picked this morning. I’ve been picking off of 3 plants of sweet basil this summer and 1 plant of purple ruffles. Generally I would cut the [...]

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This morning’s basil harvest includes, Sweet, Purple Ruffles and an unknown miniature variety. After cleaning, this batch will be chopped and enough olive oil added to coat well. It will then go into the freezer for several future batches of pasta salad.

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Several years ago I planted a few bulbs of elephant garlic in the herb bed. I harvested that year and left a few smaller pieces back. Each year I have meant to harvest but the time has always gotten away from me. This year I decided early on that they needed to be thinned out. [...]

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I often get up long before I have to start getting ready for work to browse the garden. The morning is cool and the birds are out in full chorus. I do the container watering at this time, harvest what I can and just enjoy the morning. This morning on my rounds I came up [...]

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I went out to take some pictures for this post and almost stepped on a little rabbit that ran under my foot as I was walking in the garden. We startled each other I think as he/she quickly ran for cover next to this daylily. Judging by it’s size, I would say this little guy [...]

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This Miss Kim lilac is about 4 or 5 years old. I picked it up at a Kroger and left it in its 3 gallon pot for the first year. The following spring it went into this half barrel and has lived on the back porch ever since. Last year the flowers were all but [...]

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