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This time of year all conversations lead to the ultimate fall gardening question: what should I do with all of my green tomatoes? That’s easy; compost them. (Did I hear a collective gasp?) Yep, the time is ripe to let go of a fruit we enjoyed all summer when it was at its best for [...]

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Wheelbarrows double as wading pools.  Roses resemble wet tissues. Hammocks allow for drop-ins. Tarps reach new architectural heights. Tomatoes give up the ghost. All eyes are on fresh-baked pies. Wood is wet and tarps too few. Sweet corn saves itself for an October plate. And the leaves of summer signal winter’s long sleep with fiery goodbye. What [...]

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Indian Free Peach Harvest: One for Each Hand   In a month where plump pumpkins take center stage, green tomatoes consume counter space faster than we consume them, and wet leaves hitch a ride on unsuspecting soles, I awaited the finale of one of summer’s finest players, my Indian Free peach tree.   Between spring rains, high winds, lowly squirrels, [...]

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Quince: Autumn’s Brightest (and often, most forgotten) Jewel When we last left our spring quince tree, she was blushing with buds and fruitful possibilities. It seemed Mother Nature had a different plan, one that was rich in rain and parsimonious with the pollinators.     And so months later under the full moon of October, the harvest of the quince can [...]

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 Don’t let cool summers keep you from growing the season’s finest garden treat. Of all the tomatoes I planted this year, here are some my favorites, based on taste, robust growth and prolific nature. Northern Exposure tomato is an all around winner: beautiful round deep red baseball-size toms –firm, meaty, flavorful and possessing an impressive shelf life of [...]

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