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Mother Earth’s Garden

December 15th, 2006

How to grow carrots

This morning I pulled the first wonderful sweet carrots of the season. In celebration, and knowing that lots of people have trouble getting carrots underway, I thought I would share my method. This has worked for me in several different gardens, ranging from sandy acid soil to sandy alkaline and now to my present acid […]

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December 8th, 2006

Everyday miracle

When I was newly pregnant with my first child, Clare, I remember looking through the early spring crop of seed catalogues with fear in my heart. After all, so many seeds fail to grow. Some rot. Some push out tender green shoots and the snails finish them off. Some fail for unaccountable reasons, and you […]

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