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Summer Squash-Scalloped ‘Golden Custard’, Lungo Bianco,’Costata Romanesco’
I am growing 4 varieties of summer squash this year that are all new to me. I have two varieties of scalloped summer squash. Here is the first of them called ‘Golden Custard’ which will turn more...
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Calabacitas breakfast
Breakfast Calabacitas With Egg Here’ a recipe to make a southwest favorite here in Santa Fe. I add an egg on top for a complete breakfast. (6) 6-8 inch zucchini 1/2 of onion chopped 1-2 ears of corn...
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Garden Harvest from July 24
Here’s a picture of the first garden harvest that I actually got on July 24! It was small but tasty! ‘Romanesco Costata’ summer squash, ‘Lungo Bianco di Sicily’ summer squash, ‘Yellow Custard’...
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organic fungicides to use for Powdery Mildew
We’ve been getting so much rain lately that I am worried about Powdery Mildew (PM) and other fungal and bacterial diseases caused by too much rain. It is a blessed curse. The garden takes off and...
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How to control squash bugs
Well it’s that time of year-Squash bugs Ughh! You can control squash bugs in your organic garden. Here are some ORGANIC things you can do to deter squash bugs: -Plant a crop late in the season if...
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‘The Tomato Lady’ returns to Santa Fe Farmers Market
Yesterday I returned to our Farmers Market here in Santa Fe, NM as the ‘Tomato Lady’ and sold out of my tomatoes by 10 am. It’s been a long wait all summer for my tomatoes to ripen and they have...
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Veggies I will and won’t grow this year and why in 2011
Here is my veggie list from last year. I thought it important to go through it and tell you what I will and won’t grow again and why before I forget. Look at my SEED LIST PAGE next week (as it could...
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2011 Vegetable Lineup
I finished my vegetable list for my main garden. I will grow many heirloom tomatoes, Fairy eggplants, Shishito peppers, Costata Romanesco zucchini, Galeux d’ Eyesines and Red Warty Thing winter squash,...
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My favorite summer squash to grow
I like summer squash but won’t grow varieties that I can find in the stores or my farmers market. Why grow something I can already buy? So I’ve tried a number of different types of summer squash and...
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Planting, planting, planting…
Well, if you are wondering why I haven’t been posting, it is because I’ve been out PLANTING, trying to get the last of the garden in. So far, I have 70 tomato plants, ‘Rattlesnake’ pole beans around my...
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Vegetable Garden July 4, 2011
Happy July 4th! Here’s a look at the main garden so far this summer. This year is definitely slower than this time last year due to lack of precipitation but with the monsoons here, it should take off...
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My Garden Kicks Ass!
I think this is my best garden ever even though I don’t have a lot of produce yet-but it’s all coming! It’s gotten so lush with just a couple of days of rain. I don’t mean to brag but I must-it’s...
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‘The Tomato Lady’ returns to Santa Fe Farmers Market this Saturday August 25,...
Tomorrow, Saturday, August 25, I am returning to the Santa Fe Farmers Market as ‘The Tomato Lady’. At this time I have over 15 varieties of organically grown heirloom tomatoes from luscious black...
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What’s wrong with this zucchini?
What’s wrong with this zucchini? The one on the left is yellowing and shriveling up. It wasn’t either fully pollinated (some bee didn’t do her job) OR once again it was too hot when pollination...
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Review of 2012 vegetables
2012 VEGGIE LIST Here is my review of what I will and won’t grow again from last year’s vegetables that I tried and why. I will put tomatoes in another list since there are so many of them! WILL GROW...
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The runaway
At this time of year if you’re a vegetable gardener, you’ve experienced it—zucchini runaways. One day you go out and see this cute little zuke and think I’ll give it one more day and the next day you...
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What’s up in the garden!
Still catching up on what’s up in the garden. I planted a new bean called Climbing pole French Bean – Meraviglia Venezia that I bought from Franchi Seeds. It’s a Romano type of bean only yellow in...
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Vegetables for the Table-Tomato Lady 2017 favorites
Here are my favorite vegetables going into the 2017 growing season. I may not have room for all these in the gardening but these are my favorites as of right now VEGETABLES FOR THE TABLE-TOMATO LADY’S...
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Here are my favorite vegetables that I grew for 2017. Mind you I’m super picky and I’m sure there are many other varieties out there waiting to be tried that are great. That’s what keeps it interesting...
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