Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
Posted May 5, 2012 by The Farmer
After lunch today I got in about an hour of weeding, mostly in the carrots and around the grape vines. Lot’s of dandelions this year, and something else I haven’t identified yet. After that, I planted some garlic — I know, I know — it should’ve been in the ground last fall. Hopefully we’ll still [...]
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No Comments.Posted April 19, 2012 by The Farmer
The packages say to plant tomatoes and peppers indoors 6 weeks before the last frost date. Fridley’s average last frost date is about May 21st, so I’m late this year. Better late than never though, and I’m happy to say that my tomatoes and peppers are finally planted. They’ll have about 4.5 weeks inside before [...]
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No Comments.Posted March 14, 2012 by The Farmer
Happily, my garden orders will only be about $100 this year compared to $200 + dirt money we spent last year and the year before. The garden will be a little bit smaller which partly accounts for the decreased cost. The vine borers were so bad with the pumpkins last year that I’m not going [...]
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No Comments.Posted July 20, 2011 by The Farmer
It’s hot hot hot, but then, you knew that. My lettuce is a little bitter about the heat, but everything else is loving it. Good Garden Helpers Despite the heat I got a lot done this week. Mostly that was because I hired two good garden helpers to come help me catch up with the [...]
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1 Comment.Posted September 6, 2010 by The Farmer
The Fridley Farmer family continues with our summer squash eating adventures. Some of our recent recipes used the squash in place of another ingredient as though I was trying to hide the squash. These two dinners featured squash front and almost foremost. Squash wasn’t the main dish for either of them, but it was the [...]
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2 Comments.Posted July 14, 2010 by The Farmer
This is part 1 of a series on Brazilian cooking. Several more articles are scheduled for the next two weeks. Brazilian Beans Lunch in Brazil is typically centered around a plate of delicious rice and beans. A pile of white non-sticky rick with a s generous helping of soft beans in their own sauce (their [...]
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